Eight people fell ill in a gas leak incident at state-owned SAIL’s Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Odisha on Monday, an official said. The incident took place at blast furnace 5 of the steel plant, according to RSP's director in charge Atanu Bhowmick. The ill persons were immediately shifted to the Ispat General Hospital (IGH), he said.
Among them are an executive, a senior supervisor, another RSP employee and some outsourced staff, he added.
"I met all of them and they doing fine," Bhowmick said, adding that a committee has been formed to investigate the incident.
The incident happened when work was underway for a gas pipe connection, another official said.
(With PTI inputs)
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