{"id":2322740,"date":"2024-08-11T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/water-parks-disastrous-grand-opening-sends-16-people-to-the-hospital\/"},"modified":"2024-08-11T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T17:44:13","slug":"water-parks-disastrous-grand-opening-sends-16-people-to-the-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/water-parks-disastrous-grand-opening-sends-16-people-to-the-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Park&#8217;s Disastrous Grand Opening Sends 16 People to the Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwater-parks-disastrous-grand-opening-sends-16-people-to-the-hospital%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2322740&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The grand opening of the Great \u200dWolf Lodge water\u2064 park in Webster, Texas, was marred by a hazardous\u200d chemical \u2064incident in a pool house that is separate from the water\u200d park. The incident occurred \u200bwhen \u2062a contractor\u200c mistakenly \u200cmixed\u200d sodium\u2063 hypochlorite and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-water-park-closed-after-chemical-leak-affects-guests\/\" title=\"Texas water park closed after chemical leak affects guests\">sulfuric acid<\/a>, \u2064leading to \u200ca cloud that caused breathing \u200bproblems for nearby individuals. Five people were evacuated, while\u2062 sixteen others were\u200b hospitalized; fortunately, all have since been released. Webster\u2063 Fire Chief \u200cDean Spencer\u2062 confirmed that the chemicals were resolved,\u200c and \u200bthe \u2062hotel and water park were not affected. The water\u2062 park, which features a 92,000-square-foot indoor water area and a 61,000-square-foot\u200c Adventure \u2064Park, had its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-pelosis-new-house-rules-package-silences-the-voice-of-republican-minority\/\" title=\"Speaker Pelosi\u2019s new House rules package silences the voice of Republican minority\">opening day<\/a> moved up to \u2064Wednesday from Labor\u200b Day\u200b weekend. Great Wolf \u2062Lodge emphasized\u200d that safety is paramount\u200d and \u2062that they will implement \u2063additional safeguards for their\u200b chemical vendors\u200d while cooperating with \u2063ongoing investigations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>The grand opening of a massive Texas water park on Wednesday included a hazardous chemical incident at one part of Great Wolf Lodge in Webster, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened in a pool house that is not a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/water-park-trip-ends-tragedy-man-contracts-dies-brain-eating-organism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">water park<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chron.com\/news\/article\/great-wolf-lodge-texas-chemical-leak-19626160.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The $200 million attraction has a 92,000-square-foot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disneys-biggest-nightmare-red-state-building-2-billion-theme-park-that-rivals-magic-kingdom\/\" title=\"Disney&#039;s Worst Fear: B Red State Theme Park Competes with Magic Kingdom\">indoor water park<\/a> and a 61,000-square-foot Adventure Park, according to the Chronicle.<\/p>\n<p>Five people evacuated the building.<\/p>\n<p>Sixteen other employees and contractors working at the site were taken to local hospitals, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/chemical-leak-near-great-wolf-lodge-sends-16-workers-hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Webster Fire Chief Dean Spencer said a contractor mixed what he called two &ldquo;unlike&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chemical-incident-erupts-six-flags-texas-4000-people-park-powerful-acid-appears-culprit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chemicals<\/a> &mdash; sodium hypochlorite and sulfuric acid &ndash; setting off the incident.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A chemical incident at the Great Wolf Resort on it&rsquo;s opening day has left multiple people hospitalized. The Webster Police Department confirmed the chemical incident at the indoor water park on Great Wolf Way<br \/> The $200 million resort features a 92,000-square-foot indoor water park <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RbVsJKWBHK\">pic.twitter.com\/RbVsJKWBHK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KTRH News (@ktrhnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ktrhnews\/status\/1821243835789303936?\">August 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At this time, there is no issue with the chemicals. They have all been resolved,&rdquo; Spencer said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/post\/great-wolf-resort-chemical-issue-investigation-indoor-water-parks-opening-day-webster-police-confirm\/15154558\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTRK-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At no time was the hotel or water park affected by this event,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Webster Fire Department &ldquo;isolated the tanks, monitored the area and confirmed no chemicals were detected in the hotel or water park,&rdquo; a statement from the city of Webster said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The situation was quickly contained and will not affect the Lodge&rsquo;s operations today,&rdquo; according to the statement. &ldquo;An environmental company is working with Great Wolf Lodge and the contractor to clean the tanks safely.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The new indoor water park was initially scheduled to open on Labor Day weekend, but opening day was moved to Wednesday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/great-wolf-lodge-webster-texas\/285-396bcdde-b798-42a9-861c-05876aab0d00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KHOU-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As the chemical reaction occurred there was a cloud which affected the people that were outside in the area,&rdquo; Spencer said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They ingested some of this, they had some breathing problems, so they were transported to the hospital. Some of them had more issues that others, some were just for precautionary measures,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We greatly appreciate the quick actions of first responders from the city of Webster in response,&rdquo; Great Wolf Lodge said in its initial statement.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, Great Wolf Lodge said all those taken to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mother-realizes-liquid-slide-isnt-water-child-starts-crying-police-investigating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hospital<\/a> were released.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The safety and wellbeing of our guests and pack members is always our primary focus. We were informed yesterday afternoon that all those transported to the hospital were released following an incident at a building separate from our main indoor water park and resort,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Safety is paramount. &nbsp;As such, we are putting additional safeguards in place for our third-party pool chemical vendors and are actively assisting officials as they investigate the matter,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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According to the Houston Chronicle, the incident occurred in a pool house that is separate from the water park itself. The $200 million facility features a 92,000-square-foot indoor water park and a 61,000-square-foot Adventure Park. Five individuals were evacuated from the building, while sixteen employees and contractors were taken to local hospitals, as reported by Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Webster Fire Chief Dean Spencer stated that a contractor mistakenly mixed two incompatible chemicals\u2014sodium hypochlorite and sulfuric acid\u2014leading to the incident. The Webster Police Department confirmed this chemical event took place at the indoor water park on Great Wolf Way. Spencer assured that there was no ongoing issue with the chemicals involved and that they had been resolved. He emphasized that neither the hotel nor the water park was impacted by this occurrence.<\/p>\n<p>The Webster Fire Department managed to isolate the tanks involved, monitor the area, and confirm no chemicals were detected within either facility. A statement from city officials indicated that containment measures were swiftly implemented and would not disrupt operations at Great Wolf Lodge for that day. An environmental company is collaborating with both Great Wolf Lodge and its contractor to safely clean up.<\/p>\n<p>Originally set to open on Labor Day weekend, opening day was moved up to Wednesday as per KHOU-TV&#8217;s report. Spencer noted that during the chemical reaction, some individuals outside experienced respiratory issues due to exposure; they were subsequently transported for medical attention\u2014some as precautionary measures while others required more serious care.<\/p>\n<p>Great Wolf Lodge expressed gratitude for how quickly first responders acted during this situation in their initial statement. In an update released Thursday, they confirmed all those hospitalized had been discharged: &#8220;The safety of our guests and staff is always our top priority,&#8221; they stated regarding an incident occurring in an area separate from their main facilities. They also mentioned implementing additional safety measures for third-party pool chemical vendors while cooperating with authorities investigating what transpired<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2322741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Water-park-poll-chemical-accident.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[9078,37837,3870,4133,37836],"class_list":["post-2322740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-accidents","tag-grand-opening","tag-hospital","tag-news","tag-water-park"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Water-park-poll-chemical-accident.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}