“Hundreds of people have inhaled it and either fell unconscious or having breathing issues,” Srijana Gummalla, Commissioner, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation said on Twitter. Swarupa Rani, an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Visakhapatnam told Reuters that at least 9 people had died and between 300-400 hospitalized. Areas within an approximately 3-kilometer (nearly 2-mile) radius of the plant were vulnerable, the municipal corporation said in a tweet. “I pray for everyone’s safety and well-being in Visakhapatnam,” Modi said in a tweet. South Korean battery maker LG Chemical Ltd, the owner of the facility, was not immediately available for comment.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 07, 2020 05:37 UTC