Toxic gas leak kills 8 at Bangladesh ship-breaking yard

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At least eight workers have died following a toxic gas leak at a ship-breaking yard in the southeastern Bangladeshi district of Chattogram, officials said on Friday.The incident occurred at the Ferdaus Steel Shipbreaking Yard in Sitakund subdistrict, an area that hosts many ship-breaking yards where old vessels mostly imported from around the world are dismantled.Soon after the leak, many workers lost consciousness and were rushed to a local hospital.Six out of seven people taken to...