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Toxic gas leak kills 8 at Bangladesh ship-breaking yard

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…

Toxic gas leak kills 8 at Bangladesh ship-breaking yard

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