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A toxic gas leak at a Bangladesh shipbreaking yard kills at least 8 workers
Authorities are investigating safety lapses after toxic gas exposure at a vessel-cutting yard killed 8 workers and left 5 missing, police said.
- On Friday, toxic gas leaked from a vessel at the Ferdous Steel Shipbreaking Yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh, killing at least eight workers, with five others missing.
- Fire service official Towfiqul Islam Bhuiyan stated that safety procedures appeared to have been flouted, as the vessel should have been gas-free before cutting began but yard authorities did not follow instructions.
- Firefighters recovered three bodies from the site and found several unconscious workers hospitalized; among those killed was Palash Jaladas, whose wife Bhoumika was eight months pregnant.
- Senior police official Abdul Kuddus Chowdhury told AFP that authorities formed a committee to investigate and ordered an audit of the shipbreaking yard following the incident.
- Bangladesh's shipbreaking industry spans a 25-kilometre stretch of the Chittagong coast and accounts for roughly 36% of global ship scrapping across about 150 yards generating $2.46 billion annually, yet labour and environmental groups have long scrutinized the sector's safety standards.
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At least eight workers have been killed in a toxic gas leak at a shipbreaking yard in Bangladesh's southeastern Chattogram district, officials said Friday.
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The circumstances of the deaths are being investigated.
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