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Sisters scarred by acid in swimming pool
Spain: Three girls could need skin grafts after Tenerife nightmare
Three young sisters could be facing skin grafts after just a few minutes in a swimming pool at their holiday hotel in Tenerife.
The girls’ family is now taking legal action against the holiday company Aspro Holidays, part of the Airtours group, after tests revealed that the pool had more than five times the recommended amount of acid needed to keep chlorine levels safe.
Newspapers report that the incident took place at the Atalaya Court Hotel in Las Americas last October. The three girls, Megan, Amber and Tiegan West headed for the pool shortly after they arrived but within half an hour they were complaining of itchiness and within an hour one of the girls was screaming with pain, with blisters appearing on her legs. Some of the burns were as much as an inch long.
The girls’ mother Jackie West told Beth Hale, of the Daily Mail: “Even now we are back Tiegan still screams every time she goes in the bath. She is terrified and still has nightmares.”
A spokesman for Aspro Holidays told the newspaper: “Our customers’ welfare is always of paramount concern. The problem with the swimming pool at the West’s hotel was swiftly dealt with at the time and no further problems have occurred. We continue to talk to the West family.”
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