(MENAFN- QNA) An ammonia gas leak from a local chemical plant in China have poisoned 33 people, local authorities said Monday.
The accident occurred in the Jiemeifengyou Chemical Plant in Ningdong Energy and Chemical production base in Yinchuan, according to sources with the management committee of the production base.
Most of the victims showed minor poisoning symptoms. Four people who were seriously poisoned have been out of danger after overnight emergency medical treatment, they said.
Witnesses saw ammonia gas and highly concentrated ammonia liquids spurted out from a flare piping in the southeast corner of the plant, according to China's Xinhua News Agency.
The company kept spraying water in the polluted areas to dilute the gas in the air. Currently, the air quality in the periphery of the plant has met the safety standards.
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