Vizag gas leak: At least 11 dead, over 1000 injured; 250 families evacuated

As many as 3,000 people were evacuated to safe places and at least 800 were admitted to various hospitals, according to initial reports

An accidental leakage of styrene gas early this morning at Korean company LG Polymers’ Visakhapatnam plant left at least 11 persons, including a child, dead. Another 1,000 people were reported sick at the time of filing of this report.
 
Thirteen people were reported dead but government officials at a press conference in Delhi revised the figure. People woke up in horror with breathlessness and a burning sensation in their eyes as the emission spread to the adjoining Venkatapuram village at around 3.30 am. Some fell unconscious while fleeing, according to eyewitness accounts.

King George Hospital’s G Arjuna said