Toxic gas leak kills 8 at Bangladesh ship-breaking yard

At least eight workers have died following a toxic gas leak at a ship-breaking yard in the southeastern Bangladeshi district of Chattogram, officials said on Friday. The incident occurred at the Ferdaus Steel Shipbreaking Yard in Sitakund subdistrict, an area that hosts many ship-breaking yards where old vessels mostly imported from around the world are dismantled. Soon after the leak, many workers lost consciousness and were rushed to a local hospital. Six out of seven people taken to...

By dpa

8 killed, several injured in suspected gas leak at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard

Senior government factory inspection official Mahbubul Hasan said the workers died due to toxic gas emissions from the ship.

Toxic Gas Leak Kills 8 At Bangladesh Shipbreaking Yard, 5 Missing

Witnesses said they heard screams from inside the yard in the southeastern port city of Chittagong before workers rushed some of the victims to hospital.

Gas leak at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard kills 8: police

Toxic gas leaked from a vessel at a shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh on Friday, killing at least eight workers, with five others missing, police said. Witnesses said they heard screams from inside the yard in the southeastern port city of Chittagong before workers rushed some of the victims to hospital. Senior police official Abdul Kuddus Chowdhury said eight people had died and authorities were searching for the missing workers. “A committee has been formed to investigate the incident, and th...

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