Chemical plant

At least 13 dead after India gas leak incident

The leak from the LG Polymers plant in the city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh state came as people slept.

Doctors say patients have been complaining of a burning sensation in the eyes and difficulties breathing.

Areas around the plant have been evacuated. The leak may have been due to negligence, officials say.

Reports suggest initial attempts to control the gas leak were unsuccessful but the company and state officials say the situation is now under control.

Explosion rips through chemical plant in eastern China

Xinhua says no casualties were immediately reported following the blast Saturday night in Shandong province on Saturday night.

The news agency says the explosion triggered a fire and that a dozen fire engines are battling the fire.

The blast follows the Aug. 12 chemical warehouse explosion in the northern Chinese port of Tianjin. At least 121 people were killed in that disaster, while another 54 remain unaccounted for.

13 injured by explosion at German chemical plant; 5 missing

News agency dpa reported that the operator of the Chempark complex in Krefeld, near Duesseldorf, said 10 people were injured — two of them seriously.

The local fire service initially said five people were missing but later said everyone had been accounted for.