Poisonous gas leak kills 3, injures 4 in SW China

Source:Led b2b   Date:2011-7-25  close   Printing

CHENGDU, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Three people died and four others were injured after a poisonous gas leak Friday morning in southwest Sichuan Province, according to local authorities.

The toxic gas leaked around 10:30 a.m. while five workers with the Yibin Meiya Property Management Company were transferring rubbish in a dump in the city of Yibin, according to a statement from the city`s government.

The five workers and two other people at the dump were poisoned and taken to the city`s No. 2 People`s Hospital, said the statement.

Three of them died after failing to respond to emergency treatment, while the others remain under care, it said.

The city`s work safety authorities are continuing to investigate the accident.