Beijing May 19 (IANS) Eight persons were killed and two fell ill from toxic gas on Friday while cleaning a sewage discharge outlet in Dalian a port city in China s Liaoning province authorities said.
Villagers and workers fell unconscious while entering a sewage pool at a kelp processing plant to clean the blocked outlet in Yanchang New Village in Lushunkou district Xinhua news agency cited the district s Party committee as saying in a statement.
Other villagers trying to save them also inhaled the gas and fell into the pool it said.
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Eight die from toxic gas while cleaning sewage in China
