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Toxic leak kills two in Czech water treatment plant

By AFP
June 19, 2021
Toxic leak kills two in Czech water treatment plant

PRAGUE: Two men died and two were in a critical condition on Friday after a toxic leak in a Suez water treatment plant in the western Czech city of Pilsen. Regional emergency services spokeswoman Maria Svobodova told AFP rescuers were called to treat four unconscious men poisoned by an unknown gas. "They were taken to hospital in a critical condition," she added.