LAHORE: Police claimed on Sunday to have arrested the owner of an ice factory where several people fainted after an ammonia gas leak near Adda Baseera on Dera Ghazi Khan Road in Muzaffargarh district.
A case was registered against the owner on the complaint of an environment department inspector.
On Saturday night, Rescue 1122 received information about the ammonia gas leak at the ice factory and immediately dispatched fire and ambulance teams to the site.
Two fire vehicles and an ambulance from the Rescue 1122 central station in Muzaffargarh, along with another fire tender from Chowk Qureshi, were sent to the scene.
District Emergency Officer Ubaidullah Khan reached the site and supervised the rescue operation. The rescuers also provided first aid to several people who fainted following the gas leak, while some others complained of breathing difficulties.
Chowk Qureshi police registered the case against the owner of Aslam Ice Factory under Sections 268 (public nuisance), 269 (negligent acts likely to spread infection of a disease dangerous to life) and 278 (making the atmosphere noxious to health) of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of environment department inspector Fayyaz Ahmed. — Staff Reporter