Kaohsiung, Sept. 22 (CNA) Ten people were hospitalized Tuesday after suffering inhalation injuries in a workplace accident at the Nanpu Power Plant in Kaohsiung's Cianjhen District, with one of them in serious condition, Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said.
The accident occurred at around 9:30 a.m. while workers were carrying out maintenance on a hydrochloric acid storage tank at Unit 4 of the gas-fired power plant, Taipower said.
The unit is operating normally, the state-run utility said, without providing any details related to the accident, though it did said an investigation into the accident is underway.
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