The potential financial consequences of a chemical incident that injured swimmers last month at Temescal Pool are starting to emerge for the city of Oakland.
One of the people swimming at the Pool on Sept. 10, when dangerous chemicals were suddenly released into the water, is a lawyer, and they have filed a claim against the city — essentially a precursor to a lawsuit.
The swimmer alleges he was among the 20 or more people in the water around 6 a.m. participating in a workout with the Temescal Masters swim team when the pool’s chemical system injected a concentrated rush of chlorine and hydrochloric acid into the pool…