At Least 39 People Killed Due To Gas Leak In Factory In East Saudi Arabia - Reports

At Least 39 People Killed Due to Gas Leak in Factory in East Saudi Arabia - Reports

CAIRO (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 24th August, 2019) At least 39 people were killed at a factory in the city of Dammam in east Saudi Arabia on Friday as a result of a gas leak, the Saudi Interior Ministry said.

"At one of the factories in Dammam there was a leak of hydrogen sulfide gas. This caused the suffocation of 39 workers," the ministry tweeted.

The ministry added that the victims were taken to nearby hospitals for the necessary treatment.