Five dead, 15 injured in carbon monoxide leak at China plant - Xinhua

Five dead, 15 injured in carbon monoxide leak at China plant - Xinhua
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(Reuters) - Five people died and 15 were injured following a carbon monoxide leak in a thermal power plant in northwest China's Gansu province on Friday, Xinhua reported, citing local authorities.

The leak took place at 1120 local time (O320 GMT) in a thermal power subsidiary of Jinchuan Group Co Ltd when workers were repairing boilers, according to the report http://bit.ly/2pFK8G1.

All the 15 injured remain under treatment and the provincial authority is probing the accident, Xinhua reported.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)

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