At least six people were killed and five were severely injured in an incident of a poisonous gas leak in a private steel factory owned by a Brazilian company Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district on Thursday evening. As per police reports, the gas leak was detected at 5.30 PM at the Gerdau Steel India Ltd factory on the outskirts of the town. “As per preliminary information, two workers died on the spot and four others in the hospital.
Carbon monoxide is the main gas used for reheating process and its leak caused the mishap,” District Superintendent of Police G Ashok Kumar told media . Gerdau is a leading producer of long steel in the USA and one of the largest suppliers of special steel in the world
