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An ammonia gas leak in Oklahoma forced hundreds of people to evacuate, while at least 36 were hospitalized, officials said.

The gas release involving a tanker truck happened in Weatherford, a city of about 12,000 residents located around 70 miles west of Oklahoma City.

"About 10 p.m. last night, we had a tanker truck that developed a leak. It pulled into a hotel parking lot here in Weatherford. The leak got very significant, caused the evacuation of the hotel, multiple residences, and all of that," Mike Karlin, the emergency manager and director of public safety for the city of Weatherford, told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

"We had 36 victims that were transported to the local hospital. Eleven of those 36 were then transfe

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