Toxic leak leaves nine dead at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard

Nine people are confirmed to have died as a result of a toxic gas leak on a ship being dismantled in Chattogram, Bangladesh, on Friday, August 14.

The incident occurred on an LNG carrier that was being dismantled at the Sitakunda facilities of ship recycling company Ferdous Steel.

Eyewitnesses said that hydrogen sulphide gas leaked into one of the onboard compartments shortly after workers commenced cutting operations on one of the onboard seawater ballast tanks.