Bhopal exhibition commemorates 30th anniversary of disaster

Photographer Francesca Moore's show in London features images of wall surrounding site and families affected by disaster

It was just past midnight on 3 December 1984 when a pesticide plant at the heart of Bhopal, India, exploded. It was the worst industrial disaster in history, killing at least 3,000 people in the days following the incident and about 15,000 subsequently, and exposing tens of thousands to poisonous gas.

More than 30 years later, the site stands almost untouched. The factory, once owned by Union Carbide, is still filled with debris and broken bottles from the explosion, piles of industrial waste degrading in the open and even the tank which caused the disaster discarded on the factory floor.