In a tragic incident, as many as four workers died on Wednesday and a few others fell ill after inhaling a toxic gas leaked from a unit at Rourkela Steel Plant of the state-run SAIL in Odisha, official sources said.

The misfortune took place at the Coal Chemical Department of the Rourkela Steel Plant in the morning when a total of 10 workers were on duty. The four were contractual employees engaged by a private company, they said. As per a preliminary report, the four workers died due to the emission of carbon monoxide gas from the unit,'' the officials said.

They were admitted to the ICU of the Ispat General Hospital where they last breathed and a few others are being treated in the Steel oplaknty dispensary. The Company authorities have ordered a high-level probe into the mishap, they said.

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