NORTH HILLS — An explosion at the pump house of the North Hills Pool on Wednesday drew first responders and injured one person.

Vienna Fire Chief Steve Scholl said Waverly Volunteer Fire Company, Vienna Volunteer Fire Department and St. Joseph’s Ambulance Services responded to the incident, which was called in at 12:29 p.m. Wednesday, with Waverly arriving on scene first at 12:43 p.m.

Scholl said the pool manager, who was not identified, was working in the pump house, recharging the filter system, when the pump filter components exploded. She received chemical burns and inhalation burns from chlorine and was transported to the hospital, said Scholl.

He said the fire departments aired out the pool house, cleaned up the scene and handed it back over to North Hills Mayor Dale Baumgartner. Baumgartner was told that it needed to be repaired before usage and that they needed learn the proper maintenance procedures for the equipment so an accident did not occur again, said Scholl. The pool was closed for the day on Wednesday due to the accident.

Josh Channell, maintenance advisor of the North Hills Pool Board, said the Health Department would be coming today to inspect the system. He said the pool should be up and running as long as everything checks out.

James Dobbs can be reached at jdobbs@newsandsentinel.com

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