Gas leakage poisons over 40 in China

More than 40 people were poisoned due to a gas leakage in China's Inner Mongolia region, authorities said Thursday.

The accident occurred Wednesday night at a village in the regional capital of Hohhot. Twenty-six people were hospitalised, one of them being in critical condition, Xinhua reported.

Investigators said the toxic gas, identified as chlorine, came from two containers illegally stored by a local resident, who reportedly did not tell anyone about the leak even after discovering it.