translated from Spanish: 49 employees intoxicated in ammonia leak in avocado processor in Uruapan

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Uruapan, Michoacán.- An ammonia leak registered at the avocado processing company “Calavo de México”, located in this city of Uruapan, left a total of 49 intoxicated workers, of which 19 required transfer to a hospital, according to information provided by the police authorities and to help this news agency.
The event was between the night of the previous Thursday and the early morning of this Friday. The company is on the Uruapan-Carapan road in the El Capulín colony.
The site was quickly reached by elements of the State Civil Protection Coordination of the Uruapan Region to address the emergency in coordination with the Uruapan Firefighters and the Red Cross.
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The journalistic coverage learned that the ammonia leak was due to the rupture of a cooling system valve. Internal emergency care brigade personnel controlled the escape for itself, which lasted about 10 minutes, official contacts said.
Despite being controlled the leak of the chemist in its entirety, the work in the company was suspended until the necessary repairs were made, commented to this newsroom sources inside Civil Protection (PC).
Also, PC made the relevant recommendations to the local manager to avoid further situations of this nature. Due to what occurred 100 employees were evacuated and there were 49 ammonia poisoning, of these 19 were hospitalized and their health status is reported as stable, mentioned voices close to the subject.

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