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Bhopal disaster (1984)

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« Reply #15 on: June 19, 2009, 01:32:05 pm »

The leakage Timeline, summary

At the plant[1][2]
•   21.00 Water cleaning of pipes starts.
•   22.00 Water enters tank 610, reaction starts.
•   22.30 Gases are emitted from the vent gas scrubber tower.
•   00.30 The large siren sounds and is turned off.
•   00.50 The siren is heard within the plant area. The workers escape.
Outside[1][2]

•   22.30 First sensations due to the gases are felt — suffocation, cough, burning eyes and vomiting.
•   1.00 Police are alerted. Residents of the area evacuate. Union Carbide director denies any leak.
•   2.00 The first people reached Hamidia hospital. Symptoms include visual impairment and blindness, respiratory difficulties, frothing at the mouth, and vomiting.
•   2.10 The alarm is heard outside the plant.
•   4.00 The gases are brought under control.
•   6.00 A police loudspeaker broadcasts: "Everything is normal".
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