MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Some 14 tons of nitric acid, known to cause serious chemical burns, leaked from the Tuzla Organized Leather Industrial Zone, releasing brown and yellow dust into the air, the Turkish Dunya newspaper reported.
Workers and employees of the factory and other nearby premises were evacuated, while several fire engines and ambulances were dispatched to the scene, the newspaper added.
The chemical smoke reportedly did not cause any physical harm to the people in the area, the newspaper reported.
The police closed off the roads leading to the factory.
No information about the causes of the fire has been made available as yet.
