College evacuated

College evacuated - The Charles-III college in Monaco had to be evacuated on Wednesday and ten people were taken to hospital as a precaution after technicians, who were carrying out standard maintenance at the time, noticed toxic smoke coming from one of the technical rooms of the establishment’s swimming pool. The incident occurred at around 10am. The college was able to reopen its doors today Thursday 8th February. An investigation to determine the cause is underway and for the time being it is believed that the swimming pool has remained close.

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