CHENNAI, May 8 — Toxic gas began leaking again from a LG Chem plant in southern India's Andhra Pradesh early today, an official said, triggering a wider evacuation after at least 11 people were killed following a leak at the site less than 24 hours earlier. “The situation is tense,” N....
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“The situation is tense,” N. Surendra Anand, a fire officer in Visakhapatnam district, where the factory is located, told Reuters, adding that people in a 5-km radius of the factory were being moved out. A 3-km radius had been evacuated yesterday, SN Pradhan, director general of the National Disaster Response Force, told reporters in New Delhi.
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