Rourkela: As many as four employees at the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) reportedly died after inhaling toxic fumes that leaked at the Coal Chemical Department of the plant on Wednesday morning.
According to reports, around 15 employees were on duty at the site when the incident took place. Ten of them fell ill following the leakage of toxic gas from the plant. All were initially admitted to the dispensary on the plant premises. Later, four of them were shifted to the Ispat General Hospital (IGH) after their condition deteriorated. While two were declared brought dead, two more succumbed during treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital where they had been admitted in a critical condition, reports said.
Six more employees have been discharged from the plant dispensary after preliminary treatment.
However, the RSP authorities are yet to confirm the deaths and disclose the identity of the ailing…