MAJOR CHEMICAL DISASTERS IN
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Origin of accident |
Year |
Date |
Location |
Products involved |
Number of |
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Deaths |
Injured |
Evacuated |
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Explosion (warehouse) |
1992 |
29.04 |
|
Chemicals |
43 |
20 |
|
|
Fire at a chemical store |
1994 |
13.11 |
|
Toxiccloud (chemicals) |
|
500 |
|
|
Leakage |
1984 |
03.12 |
|
Methyl isocyanate |
2800 |
50,000 |
200,000 |
|
Leakage |
1989 |
05.05 |
Britannia Chowk |
Chlorine |
– |
200 |
.. |
|
Leakage |
1989 |
17.01 |
Bhatinda |
Ammonia |
– |
500 |
.. |
|
Leakage |
1987 |
24.06 |
|
Ammonia |
|
|
200,000 |
|
Leakage (transport accident) |
1997 |
21.01 |
|
Ammonia |
|
400 |
|
|
Leakage from a pipeline |
1991 |
00.12 |
|
Chlorine. |
|
200 |
|
|
Leakage in an Ice Factory |
1990 |
00.07 |
|
Ammonia gas |
|
200 |
|
|
Release |
1985 |
14.05 |
|
Hexacyclo-pentadiene |
– |
200 |
.. |
|
Transport accident |
1994 |
00.01 |
Thane District |
Chlorine gas |
4 |
298 |
|
|
Transport accident |
1991 |
00.01 |
New |
Ammonia gas |
1 |
150 |
|
|
Transport accident |
1995 |
00.12 |
|
Ammonia gas |
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
1985 |
|
|
Chlorine |
1 |
150 |
– |