Biomass plant gas leak kills 2, injures 2

After the gas leak at around 12.10am, the system control engineer identified as Michael Kogsin, 36, and Thai worker Rod Singkham, 31, died after inhaling the toxic gas.
Two of three workers who rushed to rescue the duo were seriously injured by the gas.
The two men died of respiratory problems from inhaling toxic gas believed to be ammonia. Their bodies were found on the three-storey-high ventilation chimney’s second floor. The two men reportedly were trying to reach and rescue a Thai couple who passed out from gas inhalation in the chimney, said Pol Lieutenant Chalongchai Chapan.
The unconscious couple, later identified as Chalit Somnok, 38, and wife Pornsin Somnok, 31, were later pulled to safety by other employees of the biomass plant.
The biomass plant, which was in the process of having a control system installed, was Paraveneer 2002 Co’s project to use rubber-tree chips and sawdust, as well as agricultural waste from the local area, to produce electricity.
The 5 megawatts of electricity it plans to generate are to be sold to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand.