Gas leak at factory: 18 hospitalised

Gas leak at factory: 18 hospitalised

May 15, 2012   03:02 pm

Eighteen persons were hospitalized after a gas leak at a factory in Dankotuwa, the Police spokesman confirms. The leak had taken place at approximately 12.15pm in Bibilawatta, Dankotuwa.


Among the hospitalized were 17 women and one man. The cause for the leak has not yet been ascertained.

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