Vizag gas leak tragedy: Mohammad Kaif offers heartfelt condolences to victims' kin

Mohammad Kaif came forward to express his condolences to families of deceased in gas leak incident at Vishakapatnam on Thursday. 

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'Very disturbing!': Mohammad Kaif 

Taking to micro-blogging site, Kaif wrote that he has spent two Ranji Trophy seasons in Vishakapatnam and it is a city that is very close to him. former Indian cricketer also mentioned that visuals seen by him are very disturbing. He expressed his condolences to bereaved families and hoped that this subsides soon.'

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Gas leak in Vishakhapatnam

10 people have been killed and 70 were hospitalized after a chemical gas leak at LG Polymers factory in RR Venkatapuram vill in Vishakapatnam on Thursday. gas leaked is believed to be Steyrene gas which affects Central Nervous System of a human body and is suspected to have happened between 3 am and 4 am. Residents of vicinity have been evacuated, however, number of casualties is expected to rise. 

NDRF teams have neutralised gas and FIR has been registered. Minister for Industries Mekapati Gowtham Reddy informed that a help-desk was set-up to assist rescue operations in Vishakapatnam.  Minister asked people t to panic and reassured that a team from department was on site and was manning operations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting with National Disaster Manment Authority (NDMA) following trdy. 

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