The industrial mishap of this nature took place while the employees were working at the blast furnace site. Due to a suspected gas leak, the employees developed symptoms of dizziness and nausea after they came in contact with toxic gaseous substances, said an RSP official.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured from the Prime Ministers National Relief Fund (PMNRF) in the Ludhiana gas leak accident.
NDRF teams have been rushed to the factory and a team of doctors and a fire brigade also reached the spot.
At least six people were reported killed and several were taken ill after a gas leak from a factory in a residential locality in Ludhiana on Sunday, police said.
After the students complained of a gas leak from the lab, the college authorities surveyed the premises. They claimed that there was no gas leak.
The work was on as usual in the night shift on Tuesday, when ammonia gas leaked in the urea unit.
Police and fire personnel in Koriyama city are investigating the cause of the explosion which took place at around 9 am, a media report said.
The incident comes in the wake of the gas leak mishap at the LG polymers facility here in May this year that killed 12 people and around 500 persons had to be treated for the effects of styrene gas inhalation.
Kurnool District Collector G Veerapandian said the fire services personnel were trying to plug the gas leak.
17 fire engines were sent to different places in the Maharashtra capital to take stock of the situation and keep things under control. The investigation for the source of the smell is still underway.
