One dead in US ammonia leak

USA: One man has died and one hospitalised after an ammonia leak at a food processing facility in Norwood, Massachusetts, according to local news reports.

The two men, both HVAC contractors, were working at the Home Market Foods facility when, according to the company an ammonia pipe was severed. 

One of the men, 68-year-old Richard Arguin, died at the scene. The other escaped and was rushed to hospital.