A baby was among 12 people who fell ill following a chlorine leak at a Portuguese hotel.

Five people, not including the one-year-old, were rushed to hospital after the chemical incident at the four-star Falesia Mar Hotel in the popular resort of Albufeira in the Algarve.

The infant was one of six holidaymakers affected in the Thursday lunchtime drama.

Hotel bosses activated an emergency response protocol following the chlorine leak, which is understood to have occurred in a maintenance room near the swimming pool.

The three people taken to Faro Hospital were aged 29, 30, and 35-years-old and included a British woman and, with two others aged 21 and 35 taken to a local health centre.

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Thursdays leak at the cliff-top apartment complex follows a similar incident at a Spanish resort at the start of the month.

Six tourists were taken to hospital and another eight treated at the scene after breathing in a mix of hydrochloric acid and bleach at the Eldorado Resort in Cambrils.

Seven ambulances were called in to treat the sick.

It was suggested a lorry operator mistakenly refilled a storage tank near the resort gym and spa, causing a dangerous reaction after bleach mixed with hydrochloric acid.

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