A gas leak at a waste recycling unit in the Panoli industrial area near here left three workers dead today, police said.
They are being treated at a nearby hospital, they added.
The gas leak took place when five workers were unloading chemical waste inside the recycling unit at Panoli GIDC, said Ankleshwar-Rural police inspector B L Vadukar.
All the five workers inhaled the poisonous gas emanating from the unit and were rushed to a hospital in Ankleshwar town, he said.
"Three of them died shortly after being admitted in the hospital, while two are still under treatment," said Vadukar, adding a case of Accidental Death(AD) has been registered.
The deceased were identified as Dinesh Kushwaha (20), Mahesh Kushwaha (20), both from Uttar Pradesh, and Bhaskar Nakum (30), a resident of Jamnagar.
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