LAHORE: At least 95 people fainted late on Monday night after they fell victim to ammonia gas leak from the cold storage of an ice factory near Lunda Phattak, in Badami Bagh area.

Sources said that at least 12 workers were still trapped in the factory and rescue work was continuing when we went to press.

The leak quickly spread to nearby areas of Tauheedabad, Pak Colony and Sabzi Mandi.

The personnel of the Hazmat Unit of Rescue 1122 shifted the affected people to Mayo Hospital, where the condition of three boys was said to be critical. Seven other children and women were among those affected.

Enraged people held a demonstration, demanding shifting of the factory from the residential area.

Published in Dawn, November 24th, 2015