Toxic waste leaked out at a power plant on Monday in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, hospitalizing five persons, local media reported.
The leak was caused by a fire caught at the Salmisaari power plant. Five people with symptoms of severe intoxication were sent to hospital, according to the Finnish national broadcaster Yle.
Toni Fohlin, fire chief of the Helsinki Rescue Department, told Yle that the burning made the substance more toxic. Fohlin did not disclose what the poisonous substance was.
He said that the fire has been extinguished, and the cleaning of the chemicals at the scene would take several hours.
