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40 People, Including Guests at a 5-Star Hotel in Jeju, Emergency Transported After Inhaling Chlorine Gas

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Sang-seo = About 40 guests at the 5-star Grand Josun Jeju, operated by Chosun Hotel & Resorts, are showing symptoms of vomiting and headaches after inhaling chlorine gas...

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Dozens of people were taken to the hospital because chlorine gas was generated during the mismixing of disinfectants in the swimming pool of a 5-star hotel in Jeju. On the 1st, at 10:40 a.m. on the same day, all floors of the 5 Star Hotel in Jungmun-dong, Seogwipo-si received reports that “it smells like lax.” 10 minutes later, the scene

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Sang-seo = About 40 guests at the 5-star Grand Josun Jeju, operated by Chosun Hotel & Resorts, are showing symptoms of vomiting and headaches after inhaling chlorine gas...

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Chlorine gas leaked at a 5-star hotel in the Jungmun Tourist Complex in Seogwipo, Jeju, due to a mistake in mixing swimming pool disinfectant. As a result of the accident, 59 guests and staff were transported to hospitals for treatment, and the hotel issued an emergency evacuation broadcast. The fire department is currently investigating the circumstances of this incident, which resulted in casualties caused by toxic gas.

Chlorine gas was detected at a 5-star hotel in Seogwipo, Jeju, causing 59 people, including guests and staff, to experience symptoms such as nausea and vomiting.

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An accident occurred at a famous hotel pool in Jeju, where a toxic gas was released due to the misuse of disinfectant. As a result, guests in their rooms were taken to the hospital. According to the Jeju Fire Safety Headquarters on the 1st, at approximately 10:40 AM that day, a report was received about an accident involving the misuse of disinfectant at the pool of a five-star luxury hotel in the Jungmun Tourist Complex in Seogwipo City. Firefi…

Fifty-nine guests were transported to the hospital after a toxic odor was emitted from a swimming pool disinfectant at a hotel in Seogwipo, Jeju. According to the Jeju Provincial Fire and Safety Headquarters on the 1st, a report was received around 10:40 a.m. that "there is a smell of bleach on all floors" at a luxury hotel in the Jungmun Tourist Complex in Seogwipo. Fire authorities arrived at the scene at 10:50 a.m. and issued an evacuation br…

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조선일보 broke the news on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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