Gujarat: Six people dead, 20 others injured after gas leakage in Surat
Six people died and 20 others were admitted to the civil hospital after gas leakage at a company in Sachin GIDC area of Surat early morning today
PremiumA total of six people have died and 20 others have been hospitalised in an unfortunate gas leak incident at a company in Sachin GIDC area of Surat in Gujarat on Thursday.
“Six people died and 20 others were admitted to the civil hospital after gas leakage at a company in Sachin GIDC area of Surat early morning today", the hospital in-charge superintendent, Dr Omkar Chaudhary told ANI.
Meanwhile, police officer Mahesh Patel has notified that another 25 people were hospitalized after they inhaled the gas in an industrial complex in Surat, a city in Gujarat state.
Other details were not immediately available. Negligence and lack of safety norms often contribute to such accidents in India.
In 2020, a gas leak in a South Korean-owned chemical factory killed 12 people and sickened hundreds in Vishakhapatnam, a port city in Andhra Pradesh state.
The gas that leaked from the factory was styrene, which is used to make plastic and rubber. Styrene gas is a neurotoxin and can immobilize people within minutes of inhalation.
A committee appointed by India’s top environmental court blamed “gross human failure" and lack of basic safety norms for the gas leak in the factory.
(With inputs from agencies)
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