Top Officials Among 34 Hospitalised After Gas Leak In Uttarakhand
NDTV
The incidenttook place early in the morning in the busy Azad Nagar Transit Camp area of Rudrapur. People began to faint and scamper about in panic as the toxic gas began to leak, officials said.
More than 30 people, including an Sub District Magistrate (SDM) and a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), were hospitalised on Tuesday after they took ill following a chlorine gas leak from a cylinder at a scrap godown in a busy residential area in Uttarakhand's Udham Singh Nagar district.
The SDM and DSP had gone to the spot to launch rescue operations, police said, adding that so far 34 people have been hospitalized after they complained of burning sensation in the eyes, nausea, and difficulty in breathing.
Some of the victims had even begun to faint, they said.
The incident took place early in the morning in the busy Azad Nagar Transit Camp area of Rudrapur. People began to faint and scamper about in panic as the toxic gas began to leak, officials said.
