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Jul 17, 2021
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A day of fun at a Texas Six Flags waterpark went south after a chemical leak was reported. Officials say the incident happened Saturday at Hurricane Harbor Splashtown north of Houston with more than 60 attendees at the park. A total of 26 people were hospitalized and 39 others refused to be taken to the hospital after going through the decontamination process. Authorities say some attendees were experiencing minor skin and inhalation irritation. Fire crews at SplashTown believe the chemicals involved were likely a sulfuric acid and bleach combination, but were working to confirm that.
Jul 17, 2021
Photo: Getty Images
A day of fun at a Texas Six Flags waterpark went south after a chemical leak was reported. Officials say the incident happened Saturday at Hurricane Harbor Splashtown north of Houston with more than 60 attendees at the park. A total of 26 people were hospitalized and 39 others refused to be taken to the hospital after going through the decontamination process. Authorities say some attendees were experiencing minor skin and inhalation irritation. Fire crews at SplashTown believe the chemicals involved were likely a sulfuric acid and bleach combination, but were working to confirm that.
GOP governor s vaccination tour reveals depths of distrust
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) â Free lottery tickets for those who get vaccinated had few takers. Free hunting and fishing licenses didn t change many minds either. And this being red-state Arkansas, mandatory vaccinations are off the table.
So Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson has hit the road, meeting face-to-face with residents to try to overcome vaccine hesitancy â in many cases, hostility â in Arkansas, which has the highest rate of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. but is near the very bottom in dispensing shots.
He is meeting with residents like Harvey Woods, who was among five dozen people who gathered at a convention center ballroom in Texarkana on Thursday night. Most of the audience wasn t masked, and neither was Hutchinson, who has been vaccinated.