Colombo, April 19 (newsin.asia) – Five people were killed and several others injured in an accident in a rubber factory in Horana, in the outskirts of capital Colombo, on Thursday, Police said.
Police Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara told newsin.asia a factory employee had accidentally fallen into an ammonia tank within the factory premises on Thursday morning and several other employees had rushed to the scene to rescue the fallen man.
After being exposed to ammonia gas, 15 employees who had attempted to rescue the fallen man had been rushed to hospital.
Five people, including the man who had fallen into the tank, had succumbed to their injuries while receiving treatment, Gunasekara said.