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DUCHESNE — Three Boy Scouts were injured after inhaling fumes at the Duchesne City Pool.
The three Scouts, two aged 11 and one 13, were working on a swimming merit badge in the pool around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday when a chemical pump failed.
When the pump started up again, it released a chlorine and hydrochloric acid burst into the water, said Cpl. Monty Nay with the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office.
The three Scouts inhaled the fumes and had problems breathing.
All were treated at a local hospital. Two of the boys were released.
The third boy was flown to Primary Children’s Medical Center early Thursday morning in critical condition. Nay said the boy’s mother told him the boy’s condition was improving.
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