Eight people including a firewoman were infected after a gas leakage occurred at the BMC-run swimming pool at Priyadarshini Indira Gandhi Sports Complex, Mulund, on Wednesday. They were rushed to the hospital and are stable.

According to the police, around 4.30pm, a security guard sensed gas leakage and informed the officials who alerted the fire brigade. Officials from the fire brigade department said the leakage was from a filtration plant. Nobody was in the swimming pool when the incident occurred.