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Gas leak kills 2, poisons 25
By Lydia Chen |
December 4, 2009, Friday
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TWO people were killed and at least 25 were hospitalized for medical treatment in a gas leak accident in Shanghai's Hongkou District this morning.
Most of the victims are residents in four residential buildings on Xi'an Road when fire engines rushed there after receiving reports saying the area was wrapped up in strong gas smell around 8am.
One of the dead victims was a 50-year-old woman while the other was a man around 46, Hongkou police said.
Five of the hospitalized victims are in critical conditions.
Three medical staff who got gas poisoned in the rescue effort were also sent to the nearby Xinhua Hospital with the other victims, the local Chinese news Website Xinmin.cn reported.
Police condoned the area and are now combing through all the families in the four buildings to make sure all the residents have been evacuated.
Ten ambulances are now waiting at the scene while the district government set up an emergency team to handle the aftermaths, the report said.
Police said the leak was traced from underground, according to their preliminary investigation. The gas valve has been turned off in the area.
Most of the victims are residents in four residential buildings on Xi'an Road when fire engines rushed there after receiving reports saying the area was wrapped up in strong gas smell around 8am.
One of the dead victims was a 50-year-old woman while the other was a man around 46, Hongkou police said.
Five of the hospitalized victims are in critical conditions.
Three medical staff who got gas poisoned in the rescue effort were also sent to the nearby Xinhua Hospital with the other victims, the local Chinese news Website Xinmin.cn reported.
Police condoned the area and are now combing through all the families in the four buildings to make sure all the residents have been evacuated.
Ten ambulances are now waiting at the scene while the district government set up an emergency team to handle the aftermaths, the report said.
Police said the leak was traced from underground, according to their preliminary investigation. The gas valve has been turned off in the area.
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