Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Twenty workers at an ice cream factory were rushed to hospital after an ammonia leak at the plant in Crawford near Cape Town on Wednesday, SABC news reported.
Disaster management personnel rushed to the plant and assisted with evacuating staff and stopping the leak after receiving an alert, spokesperson Wilfred Solomon’s said.
He said the cause of the leak had not been established and investigations will follow after the assessment of damage was complete.
"At this point in time the fire brigade has contained the ammonia leak. The leak has been closed by the engineers of the factory (and) disaster management personnel on site.
"Right now we are busy implementing action to prevent any repeat of casualties in the area."The factory has been closed for operation until it was safe to resume production
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