Toxic gas leak kills 8 at Bangladesh ship-breaking yard

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A toxic gas leak at the Ferdaus Steel Shipbreaking Yard in Bangladesh's Chattogram district has resulted in at least eight worker fatalities. The incident underlines ongoing safety concerns in ship-breaking industries in the region.

At least eight workers have died following a toxic gas leak at a ship-breaking yard in the southeastern Bangladeshi district of Chattogram, officials said on Friday. The incident occurred at the Ferdaus Steel Shipbreaking Yard in Sitakund subdistrict, an area that hosts many ship-breaking yards where old vessels mostly imported from around the world are dismantled. Soon after the leak, many workers lost consciousness and were rushed to a local hospital. Six out of seven people taken to...