162 workers treated after gas leak in Sharjah

Police said 162 men were exposed to the gas that leaked from a warehouse adjacent to their accommodation in industrial area 10.

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SHARJAH //More than 160 workers were treated by emergency crews after a gas leak in an industrial area.

Police said 162 men were exposed to the gas that leaked from a warehouse adjacent to their accommodation in industrial area 10.

Police, civil defence and emergency crews cordoned off the area on Friday morning.

Emergency crews treated 88 workers at the site while 74 were taken to Al Qasimi and Kuwaiti Hospital in Sharjah and Khalifa Hospital in Ajman.

Civil defence teams were able to stop the leak.

Police said all of the workers have been discharged from hospital and are in good health.

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