This weekend, eight clubgoers were sent to the hospital after an unidentified chemical substance left them struggling to breathe.
When Pop Works in Doncaster fled just before 5am on Sunday, witnesses estimated that 50 to 60 individuals were inside.
A woman who was caught in the commotion reported that “everyone” around her was wheezing, coughing, and having trouble breathing.
Although the club’s managers appeared to imply the poison was released by ‘humans’ rather than a technical glitch, the reason of the incident is still unknown.
In order to get them to leave, bouncers allegedly sprinted to the dance floor, shouting at them while door personnel supplied them with water while they waited for ambulances.
According to authorities, none of the visitors who were transported to the hospital experienced “lasting effects.”
One person claimed that after being advised to “drink plenty of fluids,” the only treatment they ultimately need was a doctor’s recommendation to return if their symptoms grew worse.
As customers recovered on Doncaster’s Silver Street, water was brought to them.
South Yorkshire Police pleaded with anyone with information to come forward, saying: “We are looking into reports that a chemical substance was released inside a nightclub in Doncaster city centre in the early hours of this morning (Sunday, July 30).”
We received a call at 5 a.m. about several persons who were allegedly feeling ill at Pop Works on Silver Street.
Eight attendees at the event needed hospital care, although no one is believed to have suffered any long-term repercussions. The material that was released at the scene is currently the subject of our investigation.
‘On the early hours of Sunday morning around 04:55am we had to evacuate everyone out of the club, this was a big eye opener for us as a business and it was managed very professionally thank you to our door staff and management,’ Pop Works said in a statement.
We would like to express our regret to everyone who was present and participated in the tragedy.
“What a world we live in that people would make business more difficult than it is in this trade after Covid,” someone once said. We sincerely apologise.