Two people have died after a toxic gas leak at a water treatment plant in the western Czech town of Pilsen.
Two dead and two others in critical condition were left behind by a toxic gas leak at a water treatment plant in the western Czech town of Pilsen, rescue workers said.
According to the representative of the emergency services Maria Svobodova and transmits the APE, the rescuers were called to take care of four people who lost consciousness, poisoned by an unknown gas. “They were taken to a hospital in critical condition,” he said.
Earlier, the police announced that two of the wounded lost the battle with their lives, while the causes of the leak are still being sought .
This unit is a subsidiary of the French water management company Suez. The factory’s general manager, Zdenek Horsak, expressed “his deepest regret”, promising to support the families of the victims.
