Two workers died and four were hospitalised on Tuesday after a gas leak occurred in a factory in Visakhapatnam.
The leakage of benzimidazole gas occurred at Sainor Life Sciences Pvt Ltd in Visakhapatnam on Monday night.
Uday Kumar, Inspector, Parwada Police Station said that the situation is under control now.
“Two people dead and four are admitted at hospitals. The situation is under control now. The two persons who died were workers and were present at the leakage site. Gas has not spread anywhere else,” said Uday Kumar.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy enquired about the accident due to gas leakage at Sainor Life Sciences Pvt Ltd at Visakhapatnam’s Parawada.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister’s Office in a statement said that accident occurred due to leakage at 11.30 pm on Monday night. The factory was shut down immediately as a precautionary measure. “The accident is confined to a department in which there is a reactor. There is no need to panic. The district collector has ordered an inquiry into the matter,” read the statement.
The CM has also ordered to provide the best medical treatment to those in the hospital.
Earlier on May 7, styrene gas, which leaked from the gas plant of LG Polymers in RR Venkatapuram village in Visakhapatnam district, had claimed over 10 lives and had left several people ill.