Hundreds exposed to gas after deadly leak at Indian chemical factory
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen, Michael Safi ,Amrit Dhillon from on (#5351H)
Gas from LG Polymers plant in Andhra Pradesh leaked into nearby homes while families slept
At least 11 people have been killed and hundreds more taken to hospital after a gas leak at a chemical factory in south-east India.
A plastics plant owned by South Korea's LG Corp started leaking styrene into the surrounding residential area at about 3am on Thursday. Some people were enveloped as they slept, while others collapsed in the streets as they tried to flee the area on the outskirts of the coastal city of Visakhapatnam.
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