Odisha: 8 Workers Ill After Poisonous Gas Leak in Rourkela Steel Plant

Bhubaneswar: At least eight people fell ill after the carbon monoxide gas leaked from the state-owned SAIL's Rourkela steel plant in Odisha on Monday. According to officials, the incident took place while maintenance work was underway in a blast furnace.

The workers who fell ill were rushed to the nearby Ispat General Hospital (IGH) for treatment. According to news agency PTI, among them are an executive, a senior supervisor, another RSP employee, and some outsourced staff.

“I met all of them, and they are doing fine,” the steel plant's director in charge, Atanu Bhowmick, told PTI.

Meanwhile, officials have formed a committee to investigate the incident.

In another incident last month, three people, including a minor girl, died of asphyxiation while two others underwent treatment, reportedly after inhaling poisonous gas, which leaked into their toilets in their homes in Puducherry’s Reddiarpalayam. According to the police, the incident came to light when one of the victims fainted after entering her toilet. Her daughter, who went in to check on her, also collapsed. Shortly afterwards, their neighbour also faced a similar incident when she entered her toilet and fainted.