At least five people have died from a gas leak at Indian chemical plant, with another 150 hospitalized and hundreds more potentially affected, authorities say
At least five people have died from a gas leak at a Indian chemical plant, with another 150 hospitalized and hundreds more potentially affected, authorities confirmed Thursday.
The LG Polymers plant is located in the city of Vishakapatnam, in India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The gas leak at the plant took place in the early hours of Thursday morning local time, said the city's Police Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Meena.The leak happened near a village home to 3,000 to 4,000 residents, who the police alerted via an announcement over loudspeakers, Meena said.
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