Deadly ammonia leak at fertiliser plant in Iraq

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Two dead and 114 injured in incident at state-operated plant in Basra industrial area

Two people were killed and 114 plant workers and nearby residents injured by an ammonia leak at a plant run by Iraq’s State Company of Fertilizers in the Khor Al-Zubair industrial area of Basra on 13 September.