印度LG聚合物工廠的氣體泄漏導(dǎo)致9人死亡，數(shù)百人入院治療

印度LG聚合物工廠的氣體泄漏導(dǎo)致9人死亡，數(shù)百人入院治療

A chemical gas leak at an LG Polymers plant in southern India on Thursday killed at least 9 people, and emergency services rushed more than 300 to hospital and evacuated hundreds more from nearby areas, a police official in Andhra Pradesh state said.

安得拉邦一名警官表示，周四，印度南部一家LG聚合物工廠發(fā)生化學(xué)氣體泄漏，造成至少9人死亡，300多人被緊急送往醫(yī)院，另有數(shù)百人從附近地區(qū)撤離。

South Korean battery maker LG Chemical Ltd, the owner of the facility, located around 14 kilometers away from Visakhapatnam city, said the gas leak had been brought under control.

該設(shè)施的所有者、韓國電池制造商LG化工有限公司(LG Chemical Ltd)表示，天然氣泄漏已得到控制，該公司距離維薩卡帕特南市約14公里。

“We are looking into the exact damages, cause of the death and details of the incident,” the company said in a statement.

該公司在一份聲明中說：“我們正在調(diào)查具體損失、死亡原因和事件細(xì)節(jié)。”。

The commissioner of the Visakhapatnam city corporation said styrene leaked from the plant during the early hours of the morning, when families in the surrounding villages were asleep.

維薩卡帕特南市公司的專員表示，苯乙烯在凌晨從工廠泄漏，當(dāng)時周圍村莊的家庭正在睡覺。

Srijana Gummalla, Commissioner, Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, told Reuters that the plant had been reopened in the past few days after India relaxed a nationwide lockdown, that had been imposed on March 25 to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.

大維薩卡帕特南市政公司(Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation)專員斯里賈納·古馬拉(Srijana Gummalla)告訴路透社記者，在印度放松了3月25日為遏制新冠狀病毒傳播而實施的全國性封鎖措施后，這家工廠在前幾天剛剛重新開張。

Swarupa Rani, an Assistant Commissioner of Police in Visakhapatnam told Reuters that at least 9 people had died and between 300-400 were hospitalised. Another 1,500 people had been evacuated, mostly from a neighbouring village.

Visakhapatnam的助理警務(wù)專員斯瓦魯帕拉尼(Swarupa Rani)告訴路透社記者，至少有9人死亡，300-400人住院治療。另有1500人被疏散，大部分來自鄰近的一個村莊。

In an interview with local news channel NDTV, S.N. Pradhan, director general of the National Disaster Response Force, said the situation is now under control at the site.

在接受當(dāng)?shù)匦侣勵l道NDTV采訪時，國家災(zāi)害應(yīng)對部隊總指揮官S.N. Pradhan說，現(xiàn)場的情況已經(jīng)得到控制。

“The gas leakage has been stopped and the quantities should now be more manageable and we should be able to evacuate people to safety,” said Pradhan.

Pradhan說：“天然氣泄漏已經(jīng)停止，現(xiàn)在數(shù)量應(yīng)該更容易控制，我們應(yīng)該能夠?qū)⑷藗兪枭⒌桨踩牡胤健?rdquo;。