Ten hospitalised after inhaling noxious fumes

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI, OCT. 30. Ten members of a family including five women and a child were admitted to Stanley Medical College Hospital when they took ill after inhaling noxious fumes in Seven Wells late on Monday evening.

The fumes reportedly originated from a leak caused in a chemical godown on Amman Koil Street in the area.

Doctors at the Hospital said the patients complained of irritation of the eyes and developed complications of the respiratory tract due to inhalation of fumes of sulphuric acid. They were being kept under observation at the IMCU. Their condition is stated to be ``stable''. The patients were moved in at around 1 a.m., the doctors added.

The leak was first noticed at around 8-30 p.m. on Monday by the residents of Amman Koil Street, adjoining the godown.

Fire service personnel, who rushed to the spot, brought out of the godown the leaking drums that contained the chemicals and doused the fumes. The fumes were suspected to be those of ammonium chloride and some other phosphate chemicals, fire service sources said.

The family which took ill due to the leak were residing on the top floor of the building that housed the godown.

While residents of the entire colony ran out of their houses and moved to a safer zone, members of this family had stayed back, the doctors at Stanley Hospital said.

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