Vizag tragedy: Gas leak at LG Polymers plant leaves at least 11 people dead

3,000 people evacuated after styrene leak at LG Polymers plant in Visakhapatnam; 7 fall ill after gas leak in Chhattisgarh; 8 suffer burns in TN furnace fire

At least 11 people, including a child, died on Thursday owing to the accidental leak of styrene gas early morning at South Korean company LG Polymers’ Visakhapatnam (Vizag) plant.
 

Another 1,000 people were reported sick at the time of filing this report. Among the victims, four died in hospital and two from a fall while trying to escape the fumes, the police said.
 

A top Union labour and employment ministry official said the preliminary examination done by the Andhra Pradesh government’s factory inspectors in Visakhapatnam showed possible deviations in safety procedures during the lockdown period, when the factory unit was