Toxic gas leak 9 deaths Chemical plant ready to restart due to corona impact India May 7 18:35
In India, when I tried to restart a chemical factory that had been suspended due to the new coronavirus, a toxic gas leaked out, at least nine people including the local residents died, and hundreds were transported to a hospital. It was.
At dawn on the 7th, a toxic gas leaked from a chemical factory in Andhra Pradesh, southern India, according to local authorities, killing at least nine people, including local residents, and bringing hundreds to hospitals.
What leaked out was a toxic gas that seems to contain a substance called "styrene," and from the footage of the site, many people fell down on the street and were tense when they were taken to an ambulance.
Since many residents complain of nausea and dizziness and other physical problems, local authorities are calling for residents to evacuate within a radius of 3 km from the factory.
This is a factory owned by LG Chem of Korea, which manufactures resins such as polystyrene, and had been suspended from the end of March due to the new coronavirus countermeasures, but the restrictions were eased and preparations were made to resume operations. It means that I was doing.