The contract workers took ill after inhaling toxic gas this morning after which they were rushed to the Ispat General Hospital.

Four people have lost their lives in a gas leak at the Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha.

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The contract workers took ill after inhaling toxic gas this morning after which they were rushed to the Ispat General Hospital.

They succumbed at the hospital.

In a statement, the steel plant said that all emergency protocols were immediately activated.

An investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of the leak