A sudden explosion from a suspected gas leak blew out walls and windows in part of a northern Japanese town Thursday morning, killing one person and injuring 17 others.
Visakhapatnam Police arrested 12 people associated with LG Polymer Company in connection with gas leakage on July 07. The gas leakage took place on May 7.
At least two workers died due to leakage of Benzimidazole gas in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam.
At least two workers died due to leakage of Benzimidazole gas in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam. Four got hospitalised after falling sick following the gas leakage on June 30.
At least two people were killed and four were hospitalised after a Benzimidazole gas leak at a pharmaceutical unit in Andhra Pradesh's Vishakhapatnam, news agency ANI reported. The situation is reportedly under control now.
A person died due to ammonia gas leakage Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool on Jun 27.
A company official was killed due to Ammonia gas leak from an industrial plant in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district on Saturday, police said.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan held a meeting.
Assam Gas Leak: Following the gas leak, thousands of people were moved out of the area and provided shelter at different camps where following coronavirus guidelines, such as maintaining social distancing, remain difficult.
A high-power committee on LG Polymers gas leak incident met a select group of political party representatives and affected villagers at the municipal corporation building in Visakhapatnam on June 07.
Several residents in Mumbai complained of suspected gas leak from Ghatkopar, Powai, Vikhroli, Chembur areas, late on Saturday. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) was trying to detect the source by investigating the same.
A three-member expert team from a Singapore-based emergency management firm is likely to start work on Sunday night to control the 10-day gas well blowout in the Tinsukia district of Assam, according to officials, here on Saturday.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said on Wednesday that LG Polymers has absolute liability for the loss of life in the recent gas leak incident at its Visakhapatnam plant, and directed the Rs 50 crore penalty imposed on it to be used as compensation to the victims and for environment restoration.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed 30 employees of LG Polymers India Ltd to supervise "round-the-clock safety measures" at its sealed plant in Visakhapatnam, where a gas leak early this month killed 12 people.
The High Court has sought an explanation from the Andhra Pradesh government that why was the styrene monomer permitted to be transported to South Korea, about a week after the incident.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea by LG Polymers seeking stay on the order passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which formed a five-member committee to assess the damage and conduct a probe into the Vizag gas leak.
A team of around eight members from South Korea arrived at Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on May 13.
Vizag gas leak: LG Chemicals' spokesman Choi Sang-kyu said that the company had always followed laws and had operated the plant based on the guidance of the officials, both at the state and federal levels. He said the affidavit was a pledge to comply with the law in the future and not an admission of any violations.
The styrene vapour leak from the LG Polymers plant at nearby R R Venakatapuram village killed his father and left five-year-old Manideep blinded.
LG Polymers India Ltd on Saturday blamed leaking vapour from a storage tank for the leakage of deadly styrene monomer gas at its Visakhapatnam plant that killed at least 11 people and forced the evacuation of thousands.
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