14 people, including an Indian citizen, were poisoned by a gas leak at
the Georstili metallurgical factory in the industrial city of Rustavi,
in Eastern Georgia. The Mayor of Rustavi, Mamuk Chikovani, told News
Georgia that the incident happened during the processing of metal
waste.
Eight of the poisoned workers were hospitalized in Mikhailovskaya
hospital in Tbilisi. The rest are in the hospital in Rustavi. Their
condition is said to be stable. The city will pay for their treatment.
