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posted by martyb on Thursday August 31 2017, @10:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the mist-dis-missed dept.

About 150 people have been treated in hospital and hundreds more affected by an unknown gas which hit the East Sussex coast.

Birling Gap beach was evacuated on Sunday [August 27] after people reported breathing difficulties, stinging eyes and vomiting when a "mist" appeared.

Sussex Police said on Monday morning the gas cloud appeared to have cleared.

Agencies are investigating the cause and have not ruled out either on-shore or off-shore locations.

In the past, chemicals have drifted across from European industrial units, but Sussex Police said: "Weather models suggest that an onshore source in northern France is very unlikely."

The Coastguard said it was working with its French counterparts and looking into vessels that were in the area at the time.

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service said it was "extremely unlikely" the substance involved was chlorine.

First it was a sonic attack on US diplomats in Cuba, now potentially a chemical attack on British beach goers. What gives?


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  • (Score: 2) by choose another one on Thursday August 31 2017, @05:06PM (1 child)

    by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 31 2017, @05:06PM (#562189)

    > grenfell tower fire was but weeks ago and killed more than any terror attack in the UK

    Really? I know grenfell death toll is not final yet but where / when was it confirmed to be more than 270 (most recent figures I can find are 80) ?

    The problem now is that there are trolls spouting utter rubbish, and anti-trolls also spouting utter rubbish - question is which are you?

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  • (Score: 2) by n1 on Thursday August 31 2017, @05:20PM

    by n1 (993) on Thursday August 31 2017, @05:20PM (#562201) Journal

    I'll be honest, i forgot about Lockerbie... My thought process was very much in a post-9/11 world of terror.

    That said, Lockerbie was an international terror incident, as the target was an American airline with the majority of passengers being from the US, and the official story has the bomb found it's way onto the plane in it's origin airport in Germany. The event happened to take place in UK airspace, but was not the actual target.