KULIM, May 1 — Four workers at a factory which produces plastic-based products in Lunas, near here, were rushed to Kulim Hospital this morning after they were believed to have...
Pundits: Ramasamy’s anti-Pakatan campaign will chip away at KKB majority, but not enough for a Perikatan upset on May 11The Kedah Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department senior operations commander Assistant Fire Superintendent Hamizul Azwan Hamdan said the department received a call at 9.53this morning informing them of an incident of gas leak.
The Kedah Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department senior operations commander Assistant Fire Superintendent Hamizul Azwan Hamdan said the department received a call at 9.53this morning informing them of an incident of gas leak. “Fire engines arrived at the scene of the incident at 10.12am, and found that there had been a chemical leak, which is a type of Phenol gas,” he said.
“Two workers were in a semi-conscious state, while two other workers, including a Bangladeshi national, are in a state of dizziness and nausea...all of them have been rushed to Kulim Hospital for treatment,” he said in a statement today.He added that the Hazmat team had carried out a decontamination operation on the victims, and around the factory area.
“The Kulim Hi-Tech Hazmat team has confirmed that there are no more readings of dangerous chemicals at the location. The operation concluded at 11.50am,” he said. — Bernama
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