Massive gas leak from ONGC well triggers panic in Andhra Pradesh’s Konaseema district
Following the leak, crude oil–mixed gas spread across the village like thick smog, severely reducing visibility and leaving villagers gripped by fear.
Following the leak, crude oil–mixed gas spread across the village like thick smog, severely reducing visibility and leaving villagers gripped by fear.
Panic spread at a school in Hardoi on Thursday morning after a suspected gas leak left 16 students ill, several of whom collapsed or complained of coughing and vomiting.
The industrial mishap of this nature took place while the employees were working at the blast furnace site. Due to a suspected gas leak, the employees developed symptoms of dizziness and nausea after they came in contact with toxic gaseous substances, said an RSP official.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund (PMNRF) in the Ludhiana gas leak accident.
NDRF teams have been rushed to the factory and a team of doctors and a fire brigade also reached the spot.
At least six people were reported killed and several were taken ill after a gas leak from a factory in a residential locality in Ludhiana on Sunday, police said.
After the students complained of a gas leak from the lab, the college authorities surveyed the premises. They claimed that there was no gas leak.
The work was on as usual in the night shift on Tuesday, when ammonia gas leaked in the urea unit.
Police and fire personnel in Koriyama city are investigating the cause of the explosion which took place at around 9 am, a media report said.
The incident comes in the wake of the gas leak mishap at the LG polymers facility here in May this year that killed 12 people and around 500 persons had to be treated for the effects of styrene gas inhalation.
