9 dead in ammonia gas leakage at cold storage in Gujarat
September 08, 2013
Gandhinagar, 8 September 2013
In a tragic incident, seven persons including a woman died of asphyxiation after they got trapped inside a cold storage factory following the leakage of ammonia gas at Ranasan GIDC in Vijapur taluka of North Gujarat on Saturday. The incident took place due to rupture in pipeline carrying the gas. All deceased are hailing from Pilvai village in Vijapur taluka and Ranasan village.Three teams of fire brigade from Mansa, Mehsana and Vijapur, along with a team from ONGC, and police were involved in rescue operations.
Update
Owners of Manan cold storage are not traced after the incident. The cold storage has stocked Dudhsagar dairy’s butter worth more than Rs. 5 crore. If not trans located properly the stock of butter will degrade.
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