The World - News from Dec. 5, 1985
A cloud of acrid but non-toxic gas leaked from a fertilizer factory in New Delhi, causing thousands of people to panic the day after the first anniversary of the Bhopal gas disaster. More than 340 people were treated in several hospitals for eye and throat irritation. Nine were reported in serious condition, although the leak was not life-threatening. Indian officials said the leak occurred when corrosion in the metal supports caused a 40-ton storage tank to collapse at the Shriram Foods and Fertilizers Industries complex.
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