14 ill as gas leaks in Chinese plant

By IANS,

Beijing : Fourteen people fell sick Thursday after a gas leak at a steel plant in China’s Jiangsu province.


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Ten people have been hospitalized, and four remain trapped after a gas leak accident occurred at the steel plant around noon in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, reported Xinhua.

Carbon monoxide leaked from a pipeline into a gas tank when 14 workers were carrying out maintenance work in the gas tank at the Meishan Steel Plant, said a spokesperson with the safety supervision bureau.

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