A liquid nitrogen leak at a north-east Georgia poultry plant killed six people on Thursday, with others taken to the hospital.
A spokesperson for Northeast Georgia health system said five people had died at Prime Pak Foods near Gainesville and another died after being taken to hospital.
He said firefighters had arrived to find workers milling around outside, some with injuries.
At least four firefighters were injured and taken to the Gainesville hospital with what were described as respiratory complaints.
Brackett said about 130 workers had been taken by bus to a nearby church, where they were examined for injuries, and some were then taken to the hospital.
Hall county school officials said students were being kept safe inside a nearby elementary school and said the leak was contained and not airborne.
About 1.5 miles of a road that runs in front of the plant and school was closed.
Prime Pak Foods merged into Foundation Food Group, a company that takes raw chicken and processes it into products such as chicken fingers and individual chicken cuts for restaurants and food service operations.
The company’s CEO did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
Gainesville is the center of Georgia’s poultry industry, the nation’s largest, with thousands of employees working for multiple processing plants.
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