14 ill as gas leaks in Chinese plant

February 23rd, 2012 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS  

Beijing, Feb 23 (IANS) Fourteen people fell sick Thursday after a gas leak at a steel plant in China’s Jiangsu province.

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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