Nearly 20 workers fall ill after chemical spill at Kedah factory

A worker at a factory producing rubber-based products in Bakar Arang, Sungai Petani, Kedah lost consciousness while 16 others complained of eye pain and dizziness yesterday, due to a chemical spill.

Sungai Petani Zone 2 Fire and Rescue senior operations commander Fauzi Shuib said they received a distress call via the Mers 999 line at 3.04pm reporting a sodium hypochlorite spill.

A team from...