Eighty people were evacuated following a chemical incident at a Croydon hotel yesterday.
Firefighters from New Addington fire station were called to the Selsdon Park Hotel, Addington Road, just before 6.43pm to reports of an automatic fire alarm going off.
When the crew arrived they discovered there was a chemical incident, with the wrong quantities of sodium hypochlorite and sodium bisulphate mixed in the hotel's leisure centre.
London ambulance were called and one person was taken to hospital suffering from the effects of inhaling chemical fumes.
Two fire rescue units and a hazardous materials team were also sent to the scene.
The area was ventilated and the brigade left the hotel in the care of the manager at about 8.40pm.
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