Boiler explosion in gold mine sends toxic gas causing thousands to be hospitalized

http://www.fs-world.com/Show.asp?ID=10221&Form=1
March 16, 2010


Over 1000 people were hospitalized after inhaling an unidentified chemical substance in the Barrick Gold mine in Cotui, Dominican Republic.

The chemical is so toxic that doctors and nurses caring to the patients need to wear masks.

Apparently, the cause was a boiler explosion that spread the toxic gas around. More than 1,000 workers that were preparing to exploit a gold deposit in the northeast village Pueblo Viejo, Cotuí, were intoxicated by inhaling the yet unidentified chemical substance.


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