{"id":252039,"date":"2022-10-27T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T08:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/?p=252039"},"modified":"2022-10-27T08:12:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T08:12:00","slug":"panic-in-bhopal-after-chlorine-gas-leak-15-hospitalised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/10\/27\/panic-in-bhopal-after-chlorine-gas-leak-15-hospitalised\/","title":{"rendered":"Panic In Bhopal After Chlorine Gas Leak, 15 Hospitalised"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"Panic In Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal After Chlorine Gas Leak\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Panic In Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal After Chlorine Gas Leak\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Panic In Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal After Chlorine Gas Leak\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-10\/0946j57g_bhopal-gas-leak_625x300_27_October_22.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2022-10-27T08:35:19+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=662235&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/27102022_n_GasLeak_124365_97626_320.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T0M13S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2022-10\/0946j57g_bhopal-gas-leak_625x300_27_October_22.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=662235&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Locals say they came out of their homes following a strong odour of gas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Bhopal: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Several people were left coughing and gasping in panic after a gas leak from a water treatment plant in Madhya Pradesh&#8217;s Bhopal last evening.<\/p>\n<p>15 of them, including two children, had to be taken to the hospital, officials said, adding that their condition is reported to be stable now.<\/p>\n<p>The gas leak was reported from a chlorine cylinder installed at the water treatment plant in Mother India colony of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Locals say they came out of their homes following a strong odour of gas in the area at around 6 pm. Many started coughing and vomiting, and some of them\u00a0also reported a burning sensation in their eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Two children also fainted due to the strong smell, they said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The residents then informed the police and the fire department.<\/p>\n<p>The gas leak was first reported at 2.30 pm, following which the technicians tried to repair the cylinder, but the gas started to leak again in the evening, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Avinash Lavania, Collector, Bhopal said the situation was brought under control within half an hour. He said the firefighters and the civic body officials dunked the cylinder\u00a0into a water tank, so the gas could dilute in the water.<\/p>\n<p>They used a crane to dunk the cylinder,\u00a0which had about 900 kgs of chlorine gas, into the water tank.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was no stampede-like situation and nobody was seriously injured in the incident. Only a few people were taken to the hospital on a precautionary basis. He had talked to the doctors, there was nothing to worry about,&#8221; Mr Lavania said.<\/p>\n<p>Mother India colony, which is home to about 400 families, is located near Idgah hills &#8211; one of the worst hit areas during the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy that killed thousands\u00a0and affected more than 5.5 lakh people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Officials said a probe has been launched to ascertain the exact cause that led to the gas leakage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/bhopal-news\/panic-in-madhya-pradeshs-bhopal-after-chlorine-gas-leak-15-hospitalised-3465134\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Locals say they came out of their homes following a strong odour of gas Bhopal: Several people were left coughing and gasping in panic after a gas leak from a water treatment plant in Madhya Pradesh&#8217;s Bhopal last evening. 15 of them, including two children, had to be taken to the hospital, officials said, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[17229,301222,72758,301224,301219,301221,13164,301223,301220],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}