Industrial Safety

Unauthorized structural changes are suspected to have led to high casualties in a fire at an auto parts plant in Daejeon. The blaze killed 14 people and injured 60 others, with firefighters extinguishing the flames after nearly 11 hours.

27 Mwezi wa pili, 2026 Imeripotiwa na AI

On February 27, 1986, 62 people, including 12 women and 11 children, were hospitalized after inhaling chloride gas that leaked from the Bombay Municipal Corporation's chlorination plant in Kishan Nagar, Bombay. Sixty were discharged after treatment, while two remained under observation. The leak occurred at 3 a.m. when the plant's automatic diaphragm gave way due to excessive pressure.