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5 Gujarat Factory Workers Die After Inhaling Toxic Chemical, Many Hospitalised

Five factory workers died and nearly 20 others fell unconscious after inhaling toxic fumes leaking from a chemical tanker parked near a factory in Gujarat’s Surat district early Thursday morning, officials said.

The workers were inside the dyeing factory, located in Sachin industrial area when the incident took place, Surat Municipal Corporation’s in-charge chief fire officer Basant Pareek said.