Mystery ‘chemical spill’ makes tourists start vomiting and suffer sore eyes at Worthing Pier as it is evacuated by police
- Police cordoned off the seafront in Worthing due to a chemical substance
- The unknown chemical is making people vomit and causing eye problems
- It comes two years after a mystery cloud hospitalised 150 people in Beachy Head
- Were you in Worthing and affected? Email jack.a.newman@mailonline.co.uk
Part of Worthing Pier has been evacuated after a suspected chemical spill has left people vomiting and and suffering from burning eyes.
Emergency services have set up a cordon along the seafront, and are advising locals to shut all windows and doors and avoid the area.
A police spokesman said: ‘The investigation is ongoing and we will release more information as soon as we are able to.’
Emergency services have set up a cordon along the seafront, and are advising locals to shut all windows and doors and avoid the area
One woman said her friend complained of sore eyes while they were enjoying a day out on the beach.
She wrote on Facebook: ‘My friend complained of burning eyes this morning just after 11am while we were sitting on the beach.’
Another woman tweeted: ‘Just left Worthing – my eyes were really sore – thought it was the wind!’
A staff member at Coast Cafe said people were calm and that ‘a couple of people were complaining of itchy eyes’.
‘They’ve cleared the seafront and we’ve got the windows closed and are locked in,’ she added.
One person tweeted: ‘Cycled right through Worthing, eyes were stinging, thought it was just the head on wind’
A police spokesman said: ‘The investigation is ongoing and we will release more information as soon as we are able to’
The scene in Worthing where a cloud has left beachgoers vomiting and with eye problem
Sussex Police tweeted just before 12.40pm: ‘Emergency services are responding to a hazardous material incident in Worthing.
‘A small number of people have reported symptoms including sore eyes and vomiting.
‘The investigation is ongoing and we will release more information as soon as we are able to.’
- Were you in Worthing and affected? Email jack.a.newman@mailonline.co.uk