At least 33 people fell sick after an ammonia gas leak at a chemical plant in northwest China.
The accident took place on Saturday in the Jiemeifengyou Chemical Plant in Ningdong Energy and Chemical production base located in Yichuan provincial capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.Witnesses were quoted as saying that ammonia gas and highly concentrated ammonia liquids spurted out from a flare piping in the southeast corner of the plant.
Once inhaled by human beings, ammonia damages the oxygen carrying capacity of blood cells and causes soar throat, tear-shedding, coughs, chest distress, difficult breathing and even the life-threatening cardiac arrest.
By Ruchi Singh
reporter
Park Sae-jin
swatchsjp@ajunews.com
