Erode: R Damodharan Nadupalayam Village, Sridhar chemical owner who died after breathing chlorine, running a one-person business.
Damodharan came out of the unit when the gas began to leak, said M Palanimy, 46, from Vairamangalam, who was hospitalized after inhaling toxic gases.
“I climbed a coconut tree to pull soft coconut when Damodharan told me.
I told the people who worked in the nearest weaving unit.
We all experienced difficulty breathing after breathing gas,” he told Toi.
R Raj Kishore Sahul, 22, R Sanjay Kumar Jana, 38, S Manoj Bhera, 26, I Sanjay Malik, 35, R Rakesh Bhoya, 18, N Ashok, 32, M Ranjith Parith, 33, All from Odisha, N Manoj Kumar, 31, From Periya Semur, R Gopi, 26, Erode, K Arul Manikandan of Erode, Palanimy, V Kumar of Gobichettipalayam, Angamuthu, 35, from Kumarapalayam at Namakkal District and R Thangamani, 47, who suffered breathing, Suffering from difficulty rushing to erode the district head office hospital, said Inspector T Kannan, attached to the Chithode police station.
“Kumar, Sanjay Malik, Ashok, Angamuthu, Thangamani and Palanisamy are in the ICU,” added the inspector.
Erode Collector H Krishnanunni told reporters that he would hold a meeting with people who handle chemicals to check similar incidents.
“I will instruct them to ensure that fire extinguishers and gas masks at any time,” he told the media.