By Xinhua
Urumqi(China) : At least 12 people were killed and two others rendered sick in a gas poisoning incident in northwestern China.
Authorities said the accident took place Wednesday inside a tent at a forest farm in Bachu county in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The victims were workers who were digging licorice root, a medicinal herb used in traditional Chinese medicine for curing ailments such as infection of upper respiratory tract and gastric disorders, authorities said.
The sick workers have been under treatment at a local hospital.
Further investigation into the accident is under way.
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