HAZMAT – Africa – Nigeria
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EDIS Number: HZ-20100530-26325-NGA
Date / time: 30/05/2010 18:05:19 [UTC]
Event: HAZMAT
Area: Africa
Country: Nigeria
State/County: Kaduna State
City: Kaduna
Number of Deads: None or unknow
Number of Injured: 300 persons
Damage level: Minor
Description:
A chlorine gas leak led 300 people to fall ill in northern Nigeria after a welder cut into a tank of the noxious gas, Nigerian environmental officials said Sunday. John Odey, a spokesman for Nigeria's Environmental Ministry, said the leak started Saturday afternoon in Kaduna. He said people became ill and passed out after breathing in the gas. Odey said emergency services controlled the leak Sunday morning after soaking the tank in water.
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