About 900 workers are evacuated from a meat processing facility in Ipswich after a liquid ammonia leak early Thursday morning, according to reports from multiple outlets. The incident occurs just after midnight at the plant, when workers and others are exposed to the chemical release. In the immediate aftermath, the facility is cleared and workers are directed to evacuate as authorities respond to the leak.
ABC reports that five people are hospitalised following the ammonia spill. The West Australian reports that almost 900 workers are evacuated, describing the evacuation as beginning in the early hours of Thursday. While the sources focus on the evacuation scale and health impacts, they do not provide further details in the supplied excerpts about the cause of the leak, the extent of damage, or the condition of those taken to hospital.
All accounts indicate a significant emergency response at the Ipswich meat works and a liquid ammonia release triggering evacuations and medical treatment for those affected.
