2 women killed as poisonous gas leaks in West Bengal

Burdwan (WB) Aug 27: Two women were killed and 50 others affected, 12 of them seriously, when gas leaked from a cyclinder in a welding workshop in

's Burdwan district on Tuesday.

The incident happened in Asansol under Gopalpur police station when ammunium sulphate gas leaked from the cylinder, Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissioner Vineet Goel said.

The deceased were identified as Satya Bala Das (80) and Ujjala Das (78). Among those affected by the gas leak is a child. The poisonous gas spread to an area stretching to more than two kms, Goel said.

The district administration has ordered a probe into the incident.

PTI