Military experts arrived in the town yesterday to assist the civil administration probing a chlorine gas leak that left 59 people ill and forced the evacuation of 3,500 residents.
Military experts arrived in the town yesterday to assist the civil administration probing a chlorine gas leak that left 59 people ill and forced the evacuation of 3,500 residents.
According to Sudesh Punyarthi, chief of Bhiwandi Disaster Management department, a discarded cylinder containing 900 kg of chlorine gas and belonging to the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation's sewerage department, leaked after an explosion in a civic dumping ground.
"While most of the chlorine gas is believed to have dissipated in the air, the army experts and our technical officials are trying to ascertain if there is any more left which could create problems," Punyarthi said.
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Nine women fell unconscious after they inhaled the fumes and were admitted to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital nearby.
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