At least six people died and several fell ill due to chemical gas leakage inside a pharmaceutical company at RR Venkatapuram village in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on Thursday (May 7).

Visakhapatnam: At least 6 dead, 120 hospitalised after gas leak

As many as seven workers of a paper mill were hospitalised after being exposed to a gas leak reportedly while cleaning a tank in the mill in the early hours of Thursday, Raigarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Santosh Singh said. 
Three of them are in critical condition, the SP said.

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"The interrogation of the mill owner is underway. The incident was reported in the early hours of Thursday," he added. 
This is the second incident of a gas leak to have occurred today.

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Styrene gas leaked from LG Polymers industry in RR Venkatapuram village in Visakhapatnam early morning today, claiming 11 lives.&nbsp;

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As many as seven workers of a paper mill were hospitalised after being exposed to a gas leak reportedly while cleaning a tank in the mill in the early hours of Thursday, Raigarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Santosh Singh said.

As many as seven workers of a paper mill were hospitalised after being exposed to a gas leak reportedly while cleaning a tank in the mill in the early hours of Thursday, Raigarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Santosh Singh said. Three of them are in critical condition, the SP said. Also read: 11 killed and over 500 hospitalised after Vizag pharma gas leak "The interrogation of the mill owner is underway. The incident was reported in the early hours of Thursday," he added. This is the second incident of a gas leak to have occurred today. Also see: Poisonous gas leakage at Visakhapatnam plant wreaks havoc Styrene gas leaked from LG Polymers industry in RR Venkatapuram village in Visakhapatnam early morning today, claiming 11 lives.

7 paper mill workers in Chhattisgarh hospitalised after gas leak exposure

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Visakhapatnam: At least 6 dead, 120 hospitalised after gas leak

7 paper mill workers in Chhattisgarh hospitalised after gas leak exposure