印度LG聚合物工厂的气体泄漏导致9人死亡，数百人入院治疗

印度LG聚合物工厂的气体泄漏导致9人死亡，数百人入院治疗

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聚合物工厂发生化学气体泄漏，造成至少9人死亡，300多人被紧急送往医院，另有数百人从附近地区撤离。

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.

该设施的所有者、韩国电池制造商LG化工有限公司(LG Chemical Ltd)表示，天然气泄漏已得到控制，该公司距离维萨卡帕特南市约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.

该公司在一份声明中说：“我们正在调查具体损失、死亡原因和事件细节。”。

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.

维萨卡帕特南市公司的专员表示，苯乙烯在凌晨从工厂泄漏，当时周围村庄的家庭正在睡觉。

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.

大维萨卡帕特南市政公司(Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation)专员斯里贾纳·古马拉(Srijana Gummalla)告诉路透社记者，在印度放松了3月25日为遏制新冠状病毒传播而实施的全国性封锁措施后，这家工厂在前几天刚刚重新开张。

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的助理警务专员斯瓦鲁帕拉尼(Swarupa Rani)告诉路透社记者，至少有9人死亡，300-400人住院治疗。另有1500人被疏散，大部分来自邻近的一个村庄。

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.

在接受当地新闻频道NDTV采访时，国家灾害应对部队总指挥官S.N. Pradhan说，现场的情况已经得到控制。

“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说：“天然气泄漏已经停止，现在数量应该更容易控制，我们应该能够将人们疏散到安全的地方。”。