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11 poisonous gas leaked from LG Chemical plant in India, killing 11 neighbors. Hundreds of people are hospitalized, but there may be even more human lives.

The base is reported by Kim Ji-sung.

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woman standing on the side of the road suddenly falls.


Residents who fell unconscious and fell all over the town were witnessed.

There are also small children.

Today (7th), gas leaked from a tank at the LG Polymers plant in southern India at dawn.

Nearly 1,000 residents were exposed to this gas, complaining of shortness of breath.

So far, 11 people have been killed, including six-year-olds, and hundreds are being treated in hospitals, local media say.

[Pradan / India National Disaster Response Office: About 800 to 1,000 people go to the hospital to receive treatment.]

Dozens of hospitalized patients were reported to be unconscious.

It was reported that there was little manpower in the factory at the time of the accident because containment measures were taken to prevent the spread of Corona19.

The accidentd LG Polymers was the first local business acquired by LG Chem in 1996 when it entered the Indian market.

LG Chem says gas leaks have stopped and there is no harm to Koreans.

[LG Chemicals officials: We take the necessary measures to protect residents and employees together with related organizations.]

Indian police estimate that styrene gas, a synthetic resin raw material, was leaked through natural chemical reactions.

It is known that when exposed to high concentrations of styrene, symptoms such as dyspnea appear.

India's Prime Minister Modi called an emergency meeting to check the situation, and an evacuation order was imposed on residents near the factory.

(Video editing: Junhee Kim, CG: Kyuyeon Kim, Seunghyun Hyun)