Tag: Mesbah Uddin

200 people fall sick after ammonia leak in Bangladesh

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AFP) — An explosion at a chemical fertilizer factory left at least 200 people needing medical treatment after toxic gas spread across large parts of Bangladesh’s second city Chittagong, officials said Tuesday. Police and fire officials said hundreds of residents were also evacuated from their homes near the di-ammonia phosphate (DAP) plant in the port city where a 500-tonne capacity ammonia tank exploded late Monday. Mesbah Uddin, the district’s chief administrator, said that […]