Ammonia leak in Chon Buri affects 100 people

Ammonia leak in Chon Buri affects 100 people

CHON BURI: An ammonia leakage from an ice factory in tambon Nong Prue of Bang Lamung district has affected about 100 people within a one-kilometre radius early Thursday morning.

Over 100 injured by exposure to ammonia in Chon Buri

More than 100 people suffered eye, throat and skin irritations after being exposed to a high concentration of ammonia, following an explosion at an ice factory in Bang Lamung district of Chon Buri late Wednesday night. Emergency officials said that some of the victims fainted after inhaling ammonia and were given first aid treatment at the scene, before being taken to several hospitals in Bang Lamung, Pattaya, Si Racha and Laem Chabang. The expl…