The Nation - News from Feb. 3, 1986

The ringing of alarm bells during a routine Union Carbide fire drill at Institute, W.Va., prompted scores of telephone calls to the plant and some residents complained of choking odors, plant officials said. Union Carbide holds monthly tests of its fire alarm, and there was no emergency, said shift supervisor Bill Brabbin. In August, six workers and 129 residents were hospitalized after two toxic chemicals leaked at the plant.