Vizag gas leak

The incident took place at the factory which is located at the Jawaharlal Nehru Pharma City (JNPC) area in Vizag.

A major chemical leak from the LG Polymers plant near Visakhapatnam impacted villages in a five-km radius

"There are some rumours and media reports about a second leakage. I categorically clear that it is not true. It has nothing to do with leakage as such and hence there is no reason to believe that there is a second leakage", said the NDRF chief.

The VIzag Styrene Gas leak happened after liquid Styrene kept in tanks gasified due to failure of refrigeration unit and escaped to atmosphere