50 fall ill after gas leakage from factory in Bangladesh

August 23, 2016 09:33

At least 50 people have been taken ill after inhaling toxic gas which leaked from a fertilizer factory in south-eastern port city of Chittagong, officials said today.

"The gas is spreading from the Diammonium phosphate factory causing breathing problems of the people within several kilometre in the neighbourhood. Fire fighters are trying to stop the emission," officer-in-charge of the nearby police station said.

The people were admitted to the state-run Chittagong hospital on the banks of Karnaphuli River last night.

TV reports quoting the factory officials said one of the gas tanks with a 500 tonne capacity leaked around 11:30 pm while the ammonia gas spread across to the other bank of the Karnaphuli. "Our people are working to plug the leakage," a factory official said.

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