The Six Flags park will remain closed until further notice, officials say
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More than 60 people underwent decontamination Saturday after they were exposed to an airborne chemical leak at a Six Flags park outside Houston, Texas, authorities said.
Twenty-six people were taken to local hospitals from Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashdown in Spring, Texas, officials said at a press conference Saturday. All are in stable condition.
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The Harris County Fire Marshal s Office tweeted that it was investigating the source of the leak while monitoring air quality.
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.
Dozens treated after chemical leak at Six Flags waterpark in Texas
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Hurricane Harbor Splashtown (Photo: FOX 26 Houston)
A chemical leak at a Houston-area water park left dozens suffering from minor skin irritation and respiratory issues Saturday, authorities said.
Twenty-nine people were taken to local hospitals following the incident at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown in Spring, the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office tweeted. Thirty-nine others declined to be taken to a hospital after undergoing decontamination procedures.
Some of those who became sick were children, including a 3-year-old who was hospitalized in stable condition.
The chemicals involved included hypochlorite solution and 35% sulfuric acid, officials said.
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