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An enormous ammonia leak at a business located in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, hospitalized seven individuals. One employee reportedly sustained critical injuries but is expected to survive. “North Attleboro Fire Chief Chris Coleman tells WBZ a plumber was working on an oven in the building – that was ultimately going to become trash – when he accidentally hit a pipe connected to an ammonia tank that was believed to be empty and out of use,” CBS News noted. Firefighters from multiple towns responded to the incident. It’s estimated that approximately 500 gallons of the toxic chemical leaked from the tank. #NOW: There is a massive emergency response to an industrial complex in North Attleboro. Crews have blocked off Larsen Way after reports of a gas leak. We’ll keep you updated on air and online as we learn more. @ABC6 pic.twitter.com/eQGphF3710 — Ryan Medeiros (@RRyanmedeiros) July 30, 2024 Seven workers were injured, one critically, when a worker accidentally caused an ammonia leak Tuesday morning at a company on Larsen Way in the #NorthAttleboro Industrial Park that manufactures sterling silver products. https://t.co/R478qMfdnd pic.twitter.com/Y3bd8eYvea — The Sun Chronicle (@TheSunChronicle) July 30, 2024 Per CBS News: Two nearby businesses on the industrial street Larsen Way had to be evacuated as vents began to pump the chemical outside. Still, there was no threat to the general public, the chief said. The tank hadn’t been used in approximately 14 months, according to statements the business owners told investigators. The leak sent seven employees total – of the 15 to 18 estimated to be working at the time – to the hospital, the majority of which had minor inhalation injuries. The building is run by J.T. Inman, a sterling silver company in business since 1882. According to the company’s website, its goal is to “be your source for sterling silver gifts of high quality and originality.” “North Attleboro firefighters shut off the ammonia from the outside of the building, but a hazmat team was called to the scene to inspect the ammonia tank from the inside,” Boston 25 News noted. Boston 25 News reports: “Ammonia is a very poisonous gas when a piping is cut. It’s toxic, which is why the hazmat team is gearing up in Level-A suits,” Coleman said. “They are fully-encapsulating suits and they can go in and assess the atmosphere.” Coleman noted that one nearby business was evacuated as a precaution. “We did have a slight odor on the outside of the building but that’s because they had some internal fans venting the ammonia out of the building,” Coleman explained. “There is no hazard to the public. The ammonia is contained to the building.” Coleman said crews were working to determine if the leak involved liquid or gas ammonia. Ammonia primarily causes toxic inhalation but it can cause burns in its liquid form. An investigation is ongoing. WATCH: In related news, an ammonia leak at a Virginia food manufacturing plant prompted a hazmat response and mass casualty incident declaration. WATCH: Our reporting from the scene of a major ammonia leak in Sterling. Dozens sent to hospital, 4 with critical injuries, according to @LoudounFire https://t.co/ILrDbViwoh pic.twitter.com/7J3Du0Vo7q — Josh Rosenthal (@JoshRosenthalTV) August 1, 2024 The incident hospitalized over 30 individuals.

The United States and Russia have reportedly agreed to their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history as part of a multinational deal. “The swap will allow the two wrongfully detained American citizens held by Moscow, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, to return home,” ABC News reports. “Russia freed wrongly convicted WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War,” The Wall Street Journal noted. Breaking: Russia freed wrongly convicted WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War https://t.co/MAPTNZ6Wdf pic.twitter.com/kNW9cezaDg — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 1, 2024 WATCH: BREAKING: Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan now in U.S. custody after historic prisoner swap. pic.twitter.com/RCUONuaZyK — MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 1, 2024 ABC News reports: Gershkovich, 32, was arrested by Russian authorities in March 2023 for espionage, a charge he and U.S. officials flatly deny, with President Joe Biden saying Gershkovich was targeted for being a journalist and an American. After an unusually hasty trial that played out behind closed doors, Gershkovich was found guilty and sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony. Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Irish and Canadian citizenship, was arrested in December 2018 while traveling on an American passport in Russia and also accused of espionage. Both the Biden and Trump administrations denied the allegation against Whelan. He was convicted on the charges in June 2020 and sentenced to 16 years in prison, ultimately serving five. WATCH: BREAKING: Russia agrees to free Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich and Marine Veteran Paul Whelan in a multi-country prisoner swap, according to a Biden administration official. @marykbruce reports.https://t.co/gIRdsVCKMr pic.twitter.com/5k4xxN907P — ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) August 1, 2024 From The Times of Israel: Russian media has also reported at least six Russian government planes flying to and from the regions where the prisoners are held, according to Reuters, adding to speculation of an impending exchange. Among the prisoners in Russia who could be involved in the swap are Kara-Murza, a Russian-British activist and journalist sentenced on charges of treason who was recently moved from his Siberian prison; opposition politician Ilya Yashin; Lilia Chanysheva and Ksenia Fadeeva, former regional directors for the offices of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny; human rights activist Oleg Orlov; 19-year-old dual Russian-German citizen Kevin Lik, the youngest person ever convicted of treason in Russia; artist and activist Daniil Krinari; and artist Alexandra Skochilenko. A lawyer for Paul Whelan, the US Marine who has been held in a Russian prison since 2018, said she was unaware of his location and unable to contact him. “There are rumors about a possible exchange,” the lawyer, Olga Karlova said. “I sent a request to the colony administration, but they are not responding.” Neither American nor Russian officials confirmed that the prisoner movements were connected to a prisoner exchange, the Washington Post and Reuters reported, which is not unusual ahead of prisoner swaps. The largest swap since the Cold War came in 2010 and involved 14 people across both sides.

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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan is expected to be released in a historic prisoner exchange with Russia, according to multiple sources.