A gas leak occurred at the LG Polymers plant in the city of Visakhapatnam in southeast India. This leak occurred between 2:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. (local time) and the cloud of gas is said to have spread over a radius of 3 km to 5 km affecting several villages.
Gas leakage from LG Polymers chemical plant in RR Venkatapuram village, Visakhapatnam, in Andhra Pradesh today. Stay safe. pic.twitter.com/GnpfxKx9pz
- DFI Lite (@DfIlite) May 7, 2020According to an initial assessment, more than a thousand people are hospitalized and five people, including a six-year-old girl, have died.
This assessment is only provisional. "It is always early in the morning and there are people sleeping in their house who are unconscious. The authorities are ransacking the homes, ”said Dr BK Naik, district hospital coordinator. On the social networks, the images which multiply let fear a much heavier assessment.
This gas, styrene which escaped from a tank according to the first elements of the investigation, causes respiratory problems and vomiting. Since the leak in the factory has been brought under control, but the vapors continue to spread into the atmosphere.
Authorities immediately recommended drinking water, wearing wet clothes, and protecting your face with a mask, including inside the houses.
GVMC officials started blowing water through mist blowers to subside the effect of Syrene Gas leak at Gopalapatnam area of #Visakhapatnam. # VizagGasLeak # LGPolymers #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/E3UClhR0bf
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