Visakhapatnam gas leak

When

7 May 2020

Kind

Industrial accident

Coordinates

17.76° N, 83.21° E

Description

gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam, India

Deaths

13

Injured

1000

Cause

gas leak

2020 gas leak incident in Visakhapatnam, India

The Visakhapatnam gas leak, also referred to as the Vizag gas leak, was an industrial accident involving a styrene gas leak that occurred at the LG Polymers chemical plant in the R. R. Venkatapuram village of the Gopalapatnam neighbourhood, located at the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, during the early morning of 7 May 2020.

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