Ammonia leak from ice factory causes panic in Kasimedu
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Tension prevailed in Kasimedu for a couple of hours on Saturday afternoon following the leak of ammonia from an ice manufacturing unit.
Satheeshkumar, whose parents run a small shop near the ice factory, said he saw smoke around 3 p.m. but thought it was from another unit.
By 3.30 p.m., people ran out of their homes coughing and teary eyed. “Those who went near the unit could not breathe. We even saw people throwing up,” he said.
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