ATLANTA: A liquid nitrogen leak at a food-processing plant killed at least six people and injured another 11 near the southern US city of Atlanta on Thursday (Friday in Manila), police said. There were “five fatalities confirmed on the scene” of the leak, police from Gainesville, Georgia told reporters, with health authorities adding that 12 people were transported to a hospital, including one firefighter, all suffering from respiratory injuries. One of those “was deceased at the hospital,” Zachary Brackett of Hall County Fire Services told reporters.
