Empress Royalty Commences Trading on the TSXV December 29, 2020 albuquerqueexpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from albuquerqueexpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
IFFCO gas leak: How dangerous is ammonia?
Ammonia is stored for industrial use in liquid form under high pressure or in gaseous form at low temperature, as was the case in the IFFCO unit where the accident took place. Written by Avaneesh Mishra , Edited by Explained Desk | Lucknow | December 24, 2020 8:24:56 pm
Two persons died and several took ill in a major ammonia gas leakage at the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) unit at Prayagraj
Two persons died and several took ill
in a major ammonia gas leakage at the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) unit at Prayagraj Tuesday night. The victims had come in contact with the concentrated form of ammonia gas that leaked heavily from the plant.
IFFCO plant gas leak results in two fatalities, 15 hospitalisations afghanistannews.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from afghanistannews.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Two officials died and at least 16 others were injured when ammonia leaked at an Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) unit in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district late on Tuesday.
The leak at the facility in Phulpur town started at the P-1 urea plant and soon engulfed the entire factory. Deputy Manager Abhay Nandan and Assistant Manager V P Singh were killed while trying to plug the leak. The injured are stable and being treated at a government district hospital. The situation at the accident site is under control.
“We deeply regret the sad and unfortunate accident happened yesterday night around 10.30 pm due to mechanical failure at #IFFCO #Phulpur Ammonia Urea unit in #Prayagraj. Our employees at the site fought bravely to handle the situation,” IFFCO CEO and Managing Director U S Awasthi tweeted on Wednesday. He said the accident was caused due to a mechanical failure. An official technical enquiry committee has been set up to find out the cause.
Adjust font size:
NEW DELHI, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) At least two people died and 15 injured after Ammonia gas leaked from a fertilizer manufacturing plant in India s northern Uttar Pradesh state, a local police official confirmed with Xinhua over phone on Wednesday.
The incident occurred late Tuesday night at the Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) in Uttar Pradesh s Phoolpur district. The accident took place in a urea processing unit. An ammonia plunger broke which led to the leakage of ammonia gas. The workers nearby were affected and were taken to the hospital, IFFCO Public Relations Officer Vishwajeet Srivastava was quoted as saying.