18 injured after toxic gas leak in Co Down

[Fergal Clohessy]

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/1205/warrenpoint-ship.html

From RTE.ie

Eighteen people are being treated after toxic gas used to kill rodents escaped from a ship docked at a harbour in Co Down.
Cargo on the vessel, the MV Arklow Meadow, at Warrenpoint, had become wet and unstable.
The gas is aluminium phosphide, a pesticide used to kill small mammals such as moles and rodents.
The vessel is owned by Arklow Shipping, based in Co Wicklow, and was built in South Korea in 2010.
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