At Least 15 Dead in Ammonia Leak at Shanghai Factory
Refrigeration unit
Fifteen people were confirmed dead and 25 others injured, five critically, after a liquid ammonia leak at a refrigeration unit in Shanghai on Saturday, local authorities said.
The accident took place at around 10:50 a.m. in a factory at Shanghai Weng's Cold Storage Industrial Co., Ltd. in Baoshan District, the municipal government said in an official statement.
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Go crosswind and upwind!
I've had "ammonia awareness" training many, many times.