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Sam McKeith

Factory gas leak hospitalises 24, sparks evacuation

Workers have been exposed to dangerously high levels of carbon monoxide after a gas leak. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

A carbon monoxide leak at a pork processing plant in Melbourne has caused 24 people to be hospitalised after workers were exposed to dangerously high levels of the potentially fatal gas.

Fire Rescue Victoria said it responded to the leak at the plant in Derrimut, in Melbourne's west,  on Monday afternoon, arriving to find 60 people evacuated and some suffering from carbon monoxide exposure.

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