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LG Chemical Plant In India Leaks Again, Evacuation Ensues

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LG Chemical Plant In India Leaks Again, Evacuation Ensues

LG Chemical Plant In India Leaks Again, Evacuation Ensues

Toxic gas began leaking once more from a factory owned by LG Chem in southern India’s Visakhapatnam early on Friday.

At least 11 people were killed following the first leak from the LG Polymers factory in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Hundreds were sickened.

Reuters reports the initial leak of styrene gas triggered a wider evacuation of residents within a 3-km radius.


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