Ammonia leak at Petronas plant kills two workers

Dangerous situation: Water being sprayed to dilute the gas concentration at the plant in Sipitang.

KOTA KINABALU: Two maintenance workers died and three others collapsed during an ammonia leak at the Petronas Chemicals Fertiliser Sabah Sdn Bhd plant in Sipitang, some 140km from here.

The five men were carrying out maintenance works at the plant when the incident happened at about 9.30am yesterday.