Six Killed, Two Hundred Hospitalised In Gas Leak In South India
NEW DELHI, May 7 (NNN-PTI) – At least six persons died and about two hundred rushed to a local hospital, after a gas leak happened in a chemical plant in Vishakhapatnam district, of India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh today, confirmed a local senior police official.
“As of now six persons have died and about two hundred people are admitted in a local government hospital. Some of them are said to be critical. Situation is under control and the whole area around the chemical plant has been cordoned off and sealed,” Vishakhapatnam Police Commissioner, R.K. Meena, said.