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Cleaner overcome by chemical cocktail
9:47am Saturday 26th April 2008
CHEMICAL fumes overcame a man while he cleaned a bath in a Penge flat last night.
The man was taken to hospital by ambulance, and residents were evacuated from the block of flats in Anerley Road, while firefighters dealt with the chemical spillage.
It is thought the man was a council employee - called to the ground-floor flat to fix a blocked bath drainage pipe.
He was using chemical cleaners and accidentally mixed a cleaning product - containing sulphuric acid - with a drain cleaner.
The cocktail of chemicals produced a noxious gas that caused the man to pass out.
Fire crews from Beckenham and a specialist chemical team from Lambeth were called to the flat at 10.45pm.
Ten people had to be evacuated from their homes while experts used soda ash to neutralise the toxic compound.
Council staff were also called out to look after the residents while they waited to find out if they would be able to return to their homes.
By 1.30am the spill had been cleaned and the residents were allowed back into the building.
Anerley Road was closed from 10.45pm until 1.30am because of the incident.
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smell, says...
5:28pm Sun 27 Apr 08
who do u think u r, here and there says...
7:19am Mon 28 Apr 08
pond dwelling retard appreciation club, says...
1:26pm Mon 28 Apr 08
I'd like to ask you the same question.
Sunny, London says...
1:35pm Mon 28 Apr 08
who do u think u r wrote:If I want to obtain a copy of the Newsshopper I have to purchase it. I haven't had a free copy delivered to my door for years and years and the newsspaper can never give you an answer as to why they have stopped delivering. Shame really
Oh my god, there is a very serious issue here with a man passed out after being over come by fumes and all the children here can do is berate the paper for a few spelling mistakes...as for the ridiculas comment of " what ever sells" ????????? its a free paper you idiot ! and you try to mock the newsshopper lol, once more the whiter than white brigade prove what total pond dwelling retards they are !
who u kiddin', says...
2:21pm Mon 28 Apr 08
You can go on line through their site and order it - £1.50 a copy.
Nothing much in life is "free" these days.
Harry Brown, Belvedere says...
3:02pm Mon 28 Apr 08
who u kiddin' wrote:What's the matter with you? You got this news for free didn't you, and days ahead of the paper coming out.
I haven't had a free copy for years either. You can go on line through their site and order it - £1.50 a copy. Nothing much in life is "free" these days.
As for Smell, you're having a laugh aren't you? Whatever mistakes the paper might make, at least they probably know the difference between write and right.
who u kiddin, says...
4:53pm Mon 28 Apr 08
Sunny, London says...
10:38am Tue 29 Apr 08
Law of Solomon, Floating 30 stories above Croydon says...
11:43am Tue 29 Apr 08
Sunny, London says...
5:02pm Tue 29 Apr 08
If you look in news papers in general there are always a few printing errors. You can't point the finger at the proof reader alone. Why are you sounding so high and mighty anyway.
Sunny, London says...
10:58am Wed 30 Apr 08
I know what a proof readers job entails. So don't talk to me like some mug, your the mug a stroppy little mug!
Harry Brown, Belvedere says...
5:31pm Wed 30 Apr 08
who u kiddin wrote:Wow, the newspaper should feel honoured that you have spent all that money JUST to read their news stories!
Harry, what are you talking about. Course it's not free - £17.99 for internet access, £500 for the computer, £50 to have it all set up. Do you think it just magically appears out of thin air.
What a bizarre thing for you to say!
Maybe if Sunny of anyone else thinks the newspaper does a bad job they should put their money where their mouths are and do a better job themselves. The newspaper is always appealing for local reporters. Some people just like to moan about mistakes though.
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1:35pm Sat 26 Apr 08