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Gas leak at Maharashtra chemical factory
Gas leak at Maharashtra chemical factory
Last Updated: Fri, Jun 4th, 2021, 13:47:29hrs
New Delhi: A gas leak occurred at a chemical factory at Badlapur in Maharashtra s Thane district, due to which a number of people living around the unit faced difficulty in breathing for a few hours, an official said on Friday.
The incident took place late Thursday night and the leakage was plugged within an hour, he said. The gas leak was reported around 10.22 pm at the factory in Shirgaon MIDC of Badlapur (East). A chemical reaction due to the overheating of sulfuric acid and benzyl acid led to the incident, Santosh Kadam, chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell of Thane Municipal Corporation said.
Maharashtra: Gas leak reported at chemical unit in Badlapur; people face breathing trouble
An official said that the incident took place late on Thursday night and the leakage was plugged within an hour.
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THANE: A gas leak occurred at a chemical factory at Badlapur in Maharashtra s Thane district, due to which a number of people living around the unit faced difficulty in breathing for a few hours, an official said on Friday.
#WATCH | A gas leak from a factory in Maharashtra s Badlapur was reported at around 10:22 pm on Thursday. People in the area were having trouble breathing. Fire brigade stopped the leak at 11:24 pm. The situation is under control. No one injured: Thane Municipal Corporation pic.twitter.com/djdZY77DAE
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Thane, June 4
A gas leak occurred at a chemical factory at Badlapur in Maharashtra s Thane district, due to which a number of people living around the unit faced difficulty in breathing for a few hours, an official said on Friday.
The incident took place late Thursday night and the leakage was plugged within an hour, he said. The gas leak was reported around 10.22 pm at the factory in Shirgaon MIDC of Badlapur (East). A chemical reaction due to the overheating of sulfuric acid and benzyl acid led to the incident, Santosh Kadam, chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell of Thane Municipal Corporation said.