At least nine persons, including three children, were killed and many others are feared trapped inside a factory on Sua Road near at Giaspura in Punjab’s Ludhiana after a gas leak on Sunday. The gas leak was first noticed around 7.15am.
“A team of doctors and ambulances have also been called,” news agency ANI quoted a superintendent of police as saying.
The entire area has been cordoned off and teams of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF from Bhatinda have been pressed into rescue operations.
Top updates on the Ludhiana gas leak:
1. NDRF teams have been pressed into rescue operations. The police sealed the area and vacated the near market.
2. According to the initial inputs, the gas leaked from a block with different establishments including, a cold drink store, a grocery store and a medical clinic.
3. According from local media, Goyal Milk Plant, a factory that produces dairy products, experienced a gas leak from the cooling system.
4. Nearby residents have reportedly fainted in their homes, and it is currently unsafe for anyone to enter the area.
5. The sources said a couple with three children was found dead in the clinic. Four others died in other establishments.
6. Eight persons, including two men, four women and two children were brought dead to the civil hospital. (all brought dead) .
2 males brought are in serious condition.
7. [10:46 am, 30/04/2023] +91 98883 95903:
[10:46 am, 30/04/2023] +91 98729 00220: Umesh Kumar, a local, said that woke up in the morning with foul smell and a head ache. They locked all the doors and windows to prevent themselves from the gas. Later, they decided to move to house of their relatives.
[10:47 am, 30/04/2023] +91 85579 50026: Shambhu narayan of Jamalpur said that his 40-year-old nephew Kabilash Kumar and his Barsha devi along with three children have died in the incident. Children were aged 22 daughter, 12-years old boy and 9 nine years old boy.
Kabilash owned a clinic named Aarti clinic.
[10:54 am, 30/04/2023] +91 85579 50026: Ram Murat , a family relative said Saurav Goyal (28)
Individuals within a 300-metre radius of the leak are experiencing difficulty breathing, causing people to avoid the area. The police and civil administration officials are on the scene, providing assistance and relief efforts. Social organisations’ ambulances have also arrived to assist in evacuating the affected individuals.