The leak occurred in an industrial area of Punjab, in the north of the country where this type of accident is frequent. Eleven dead have been confirmed and four people have been hospitalized.
Eleven people died on Sunday according to local police after a gas leak in an industrial area in the northern state of Punjab in India, a country where this type of accident is frequent.
The leak occurred in Giaspura, an industrial area in the city of Ludhiana. “Eleven deaths have been confirmed,” Ludhiana police commissioner Mandeep Singh Sidhu told reporters, adding that four people have been hospitalized.
The cause of the leak not yet identified
The cause of this leak has not yet been identified. “When the blood samples are compared to the samples taken by the team (on site, editor’s note), it is only then” that the exact cause of the disaster, as well as the type of gas, can be determined, said the commissioner.
Five women are among the victims, Indian television channel NDTV reported. Two boys, aged 10 and 13, were also among the victims, she added.
