One person dead after ammonia leak at ice-making business in Kamloops, B.C.

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One man dead, three people hospitalized, after ammonia leak in Kamloops, B.C.

An employee at an ice-making business in Kamloops, B.C., has died of exposure to ammonia gas, the city’s deputy fire chief said.

“There was a malfunction with an ammonia bottle,” Cail said. “The valve was dislodged, broke or malfunctioned. We’re not aware of how it was discharged, but a large amount of ammonia was released.”“The details of how this specific individual was unable to get out are unknown” and will be under investigation, he said.The City of Kamloops said earlier Thursday that one person had died in hospital following an ammonia leak at an industrial park.

The city said in a written statement that the RCMP and firefighters responded to the scene and several businesses were evacuated.

 

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It’s time to ban ice and ammonia.

Shame, To think as kids we hung out in the bottom of the old Sydney forum many times, I can still smell the ammonia

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