Poisoning — Thailand
Officials have confirmed 8 people have died in a chemical accident in the basement of a Bangkok bank.
The contractors were working on a fire safety system at the headquarters of the Siam Commercial bank on Sunday night [13 Mar 2016], the bank said in a statement.
They apparently suffocated after a gas mixture which depletes oxygen was released.
Another 7 were injured in the incident, which may have been caused by contractors’ “negligence”, it added.
A bank spokesman told the BBC
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