The Delta hospital in Auderghem was partially evacuated on Tuesday morning due to toxic gas fumes. The emergency services left the scene shortly after 1 p.m., after ensuring that there was no longer any danger.
The Brussels firefighters were called around 11:30 a.m. following toxic gas fumes at the Delta hospital in Auderghem. A security perimeter has been demarcated. The main entrance to the hospital, as well as the stores in the atrium, were inaccessible, as a precaution.
The intervention took aback the people present in the hospital. Several have contacted us via the orange Alert us button. “What’s going on at Delta Hospital?“, Vincent and Benjamin ask us.”Deployment of firefighters at Delta Hospital“, worries Marc.
The Hazmat team of the Brussels fire brigade, specialized in interventions for dangerous products, intervened on the spot. “The cause is a mixture of two products, including chlorine, which caused toxic gas fumes, in a technical room in the swimming pool of the physiotherapy section of the hospital.“, explained Walter Derieuw, spokesperson for the Brussels fire brigade.The member of staff present had the good reflex by immediately closing access to this area and calling us. We went there and evacuated the hospital atrium and the physiotherapy section. All other services, including emergencies and SMUR, continue to operate normally“, clarified Walter Derieuw. “Our Hazmat team has placed the affected barrel in a larger one and will now evacuate it. There are no injuries“, said the spokesperson for the fire department.
The emergency services left the scene shortly after 1 p.m., after ensuring that there was no longer any danger. The entrance is now safely accessible again.
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