Residents wait on walkways for aid after fleeing their homes following a gas leak from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam on May 7, 2020.|Picture Credit: K.R. Deepak
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As realisation of an incident dawned, they hurry out of homes and run for survival.
It was around 3.30 a.m. on Thursday when thick fog swallowed up the towns in the RR Venkatapuram locality. The uncommon foggy dawn in the summer suprised the early risers who believed there might be a fire accident nearby. They were caught unawares by the pungent smell and breathlessness.
As the news spread and people indoors also felt queasiness and dizzyness. The residents comprehended that something had terribly gone wrong and the whole locality burglarized a panic.
Individuals came out of their homes and ran helter skelter. A lot of them fell unconcious on the roadway. Preparing for that there might be a mishap in the LG Polymers, which situated in the middle of the locality, some citizens dialled the police.