Six factory workers died and nearly 20 others fell unconscious after inhaling toxic fumes leaking from a chemical tanker parked near a factory in Gujarat's Surat district early on Thursday morning.
The workers were inside the dyeing factory, located in Sachin industrial area, when the incident took place.
The fire department received a call around 4.25 am, officials said, adding that 25 to 26 workers fell unconscious after inhaling the toxic fumes coming out of the chemical tanker parked on a roadside near the factory.
The fire department later managed to close the tanker's valve to stop the leakage.
The workers were rushed to the new civil hospital and at least six of them have so far died, officials said.
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