It is reported by Al-Sumaria, with reference to the representative of the Ministry of Health of Iraq Saif al-Badr.

“About 90 people suffered as a result of chlorine leakage at a water treatment plant in the city of Kut in Wasit province,” he said.

In November 2018, it was reported that at least 22 people were killed and 22 injured in an explosion near a chemical plant in the Chinese city of Zhangjiakou in Hebei Province.