MOSCOW (Sputnik) — More than 150 employees of a metallurgical plant in Iraq were poisoned on Monday after a leak of chlorine, local media reported.
The leak occurred at the plant located in the country's northeastern province of Sulaymaniyah, the Iraqi Alsumaria broadcaster reported citing a medical source.
According to the media outlet, the condition of the poisoned people was stable.
The incident was caused by an explosion of a cylinder with a poisonous gas, but the investigation was still in progress, the broadcaster added.