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At least 30 people have been treated for injuries after an explosion at a resort on the Thai resort island of Phuket, Thai website phuketwan.com is reporting.
Dozens of tourists and resort workers were rushed to hospital after a mix of pool cleaning agents 'exploded' into a cloud of gas beside a pool at a Phuket resort.
Staff at the Phuket Orchid Resort in Karon confirmed to the Phuket Gazette that the cloud of gas was formed by a mix of chlorine and other cleaning agents rapidly expanding in a tank beside the pool.
Officials have confirmed that at least 10 Thais and 26 foreigners were rushed to Patong Hospital for treatment for chlorine inhalation.
A Norwegian tourist told the Phuket Gazette that the major symptoms suffered by those affected included coughing and difficulty in breathing, sore throats and headaches.
The witness stated "I heard about three or four 'explosions'. There were about 100 people around the pool."

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