Four die due to toxic gas leak in Rourkela

Four contract workers died after toxic gas leaked at the Coal Chemicals Department of the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Odisha on Wednesday morning.

The workers of Star Constructions, a maintenance contractor firm, took ill around 9 am following the leak at the plant operated by state-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).

RSP officials said the affected persons were rushed to the OHS Centre inside the plant and later moved to the Intensive Care Unit at Ispat General Hospital. They died while undergoing treatment.