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11 dead, 4 hospitalized in gas leak in northern India
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On this photograph supplied by India’s Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure (NDRF) exhibits NDRF personnel engaged in evacuating individuals following a fuel leak in Giaspura, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Sunday, April 30, 2023.(Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure through AP)
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On this photograph supplied by India’s Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure (NDRF) exhibits NDRF personnel engaged in evacuating individuals following a fuel leak in Giaspura, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Sunday, April 30, 2023.(Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure through AP)
NEW DELHI (AP) — Eleven individuals died and 4 extra had been hospitalized after a fuel leak Sunday in northern India’s Punjab state, native media reported.
The incident occurred at an industrial space in Ludhiana metropolis, however the supply of the fuel leak continues to be unclear, police advised the Press Belief of India information company.
India’s Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure sealed off the densely populated space and evacuated residents.
Authorities had been attempting to determine the kind of fuel within the leak, PTI quoted catastrophe response officers as saying.
The state’s chief minister, Bhagwant Mann, mentioned the leak got here from a manufacturing facility however didn’t present extra particulars in a tweet. “All doable assistance is being supplied,” he wrote.