A man runs from the toxic gas leak carrying an unconscious child as 5,000 people were evacuated from the area. At least 285 people are now in hospital, said K Kanna Babu, managing director of the state's disaster response force. There are 10,000 people within the affected area of the gas leak; about 5,000 have been evacuated. People affected by the gas leak are carried out of a truck to an ambulance in Vishakhapatnam. Photos of the aftermath has drawn parallels online with the Bhopal disaster -- a gas leak in the central Indian city of Bhopal in December 1984.

Source: CNN May 07, 2020 05:19 UTC