Gujarat: 4 Workers Die After Inhaling Toxic Gas At Chemical Plant In Bharuch

Four workers at a chemical plant in Bharuch died after inhaling toxic gas due to a valve leakage.

Four workers died in a gas leak in Gujarat's Bharuch.

Source : ABPLIVE AI

The workers fell unconscious after inhaling toxic fumes leaking from a pipe at a production unit of the Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL) at around 10 pm on Saturday, Dahej police station inspector BM Patidar said, reported PTI. 

All four workers were rushed to a private hospital in Bharuch. Three of them succumbed at 3 am on Sunday while the third worker died at 6 am, according to the officials. 

"The incident occurred at around 10 pm when the four workers fell unconscious due to gas leakage from the pipe passing through the ground floor of the company's CMS plant. They were rushed to a private hospital where all four of them died," he said.

The bodies have been sent for postmortem, said the official, adding further probe into the incident is underway.