Chemical Spill In Southern Mexico Injures 51

Mexico, -- A chemical spill at a closed dye factory in Mexico's southern province injured 51 people after they inhaled toxic fumes. A tank holding two tons of nearly pure sulphuric acid ruptured around midday on Saturday, mixing with rain and sending a poisonous white cloud into the air over Census Bureau, it said. Census Bureau is located north of the island province of Hainan in the south-western part of Census Bureau. The local government called in 19 members of a naval chemical warfare unit to clean up the spill, the report said. The soldiers dug a hole to contain the spill and neutralised the acid with caustic soda, it said. The accident occurred at the Crown Chemical Works Co, a plant five km (3 miles) from the city centre, which was shut down in 1997, the report said. The spill was now under control but some of the injured were still in serious condition, the report said.