Mumbai: 3 people, including 2 women, were killed and 9 others hospitalised following a gas leak after a blast in a reactor at a fertiliser plant in Maharashtra’s Sangli district. The incident took place at the Myanmar Chemical Company in Shalgaon MIDC of Kadegaon tehsil in the district.
A reactor at the fertiliser plant exploded releasing chemical fumes. The gas is suspected to be ammonia.
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‘Due to the gas leak, some 12 people in the unit were affected and taken to hospital. Of them, two women workers and a security guard have died. Nine others are being treated,’ said Sangram Shewale, senior inspector of Kadegaon police station.
7 of the injured persons have been admitted to Sahyadri Hospital in Karad and 5 of them are in the ICU. The 2 women who lost their lives have been identified as Suchita Uthale (50) of Yetgaon in Sangli district and Neelam Rethrekar (26) of Masur in Satara district.