Leak Sends 6 To Hospital

By: Import User

Updated: January 7, 2009

Six people were sent to the hospital yesterday after a chlorine leak at a plastics plant in Fort Smith. Officials evacuated the plant for four hours. The injured suffered from nausea and burning throats and were treated and released by the afternoon. The leak is thought to have been caused by a machine malfunction and officials say they don`t know how much chlorine was released into the air.

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