Preliminary tests indicate that the bottle contained chlorine or a chlorine derivative. Be careful with bottles bearing a navy-blue and white label and a distinctive red stripe. This is highly carbonated water.
The footballer was visited in hospital by his club teammates.
M. Zielonka currently feels reasonably well. “I took two bottles from that unfortunate multipack. I opened one, tilted it and took a sip,” the injured man says. “I spat out and coughed up the second sip. It burned terribly.”
The man immediately ran to the bathroom and rinsed his throat with water. It did not help. An ambulance was called. More in the report: ⚠ Żywioł Żywiec Zdrój water may be contaminated. A 31-year-old with severe burns to the oesophagus.