Karnataka: 20 workers hospitalised after ammonia gas leakage at factory in Mangaluru

At least 20 workers were hospitalised after ammonia gas leaked at a factory in Mangaluru's Baikampady industrial area.

As many as 20 workers were hospitalised following ammonia leakage in a sea food processing plant in the Baikampady industrial area in Karnataka's Mangaluru district on Tuesday, police sources said.

Sources said 80 workers are employed in the Everest sea foods private limited in Panambur police station limits where the incident occurred. A total of 20 workers were affected by the leakage.