Indian officials say chlorine leak sickens at least 92 in Mumbai

Chlorine leak sickens 92 in India

MUMBAI, India — At least 92 people were sickened, eight of them critically, when they inhaled chlorine that leaked from a cylinder in an industrial part of India’s business capital Mumbai, officials said Wednesday.

The leak took place just before dawn in the Sewri area of Mumbai, where a busy port shares space with residential buildings and a college, Maharashtra state Health Minister Vijay Kumar Gawit said.

Victims were taken to J.J. Hospital, with most of them suffering from burning eyes and respiratory problems, hospital head P.P. Lahane said.

Of the 92 affected, 14 people were released from hospital after treatment, he said.

Residential buildings in the area have been temporarily evacuated as a precaution, the minister said.