6 San Antonio firefighters hospitalized after exposure to chlorine gas during cemetery blaze

6 San Antonio firefighters treated for chlorine

SAN ANTONIO — Authorities in Texas say six firefighters in San Antonio have been hospitalized after being exposed to chlorine gas while battling a blaze at a cemetery.

Assistant fire chief David Coatney told the San Antonio Express-News that the firefighters experienced burning skin and some had trouble breathing after dealing with the blaze early Sunday.

The fire was in a shed at Mission Park Burial Park North, next to a golf course.

The shed contained chlorine cylinders but Coatney said he didn’t know if the gas belonged to the cemetery or the golf course.

He said none of the injuries was considered life-threatening.