KOLKATA, 23 JAN: Seventy people fell ill and 5,000 people were affected following leakage of ammonia gas from a cold storage at Nagerbazar in Dum Dum today. Panic gripped residents and many fled the locality.
Around 5,000 people were affected and some of them were admitted to a local hospital. Residents developed breathing problems and eye irritation.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/ammonia-leak-dum-dum-5000-affected
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/statesman-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chemical-leakages
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-storage
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/calcutta-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gas-leakages