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TIFU by creating a chemical weapon in my kitchen.

So our washing machine stank like chips. Not sure how or why but it has been slowly getting worse and clogged over several months. It has slowly been causing our clothes to smell and feel greasy too. My wife has been asking me to deal with it for a couple of weeks and my previous attempt just didn't seem to do the job.

I had the bright idea of loading it with a washing machine cleaner - with acid and then separately hydrogen peroxide.

It has been more than 3 hours and we can't enter the kitchen. Back door is open but whatever unholy concoction I have made burns the lungs, nose, eyes and throat almost as soon as you enter. I'm assuming it's not shifting because it is denser than air.

Any chemists know what chemical reaction is caused by mixing acid with hydrogen peroxide?

TL;DR: Washing machine has left clothes smelling of chips. Thought to solve the problem with two chemicals and created no go zone in our kitchen.

Update:

Thanks for all of the advice. Got someone on their way over to check but from what they're saying so far we probably didn't create Chlorine gas in sufficient density to do any lasting damage. That being said, the problem was two fold. The reaction likely created chlorine gas but also an acidic vapour from the exothermic reaction.

The sour smell was the acid. I'm currently ventilating our kitchen and have put the washing machine on another cycle but they've said we probably shouldn't use it for a day or two because the gas could very well linger.

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