In the wee hours of Thursday, a gas leakage was reported from several areas of India's financial capital Mumbai. Citizens tweeted about a 'lingering odour' in their localities. Complaints were received from densely-populated suburbs like Chembur, Powai, and Kandivali.
It has now been confirmed by Mumbai's municipal body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), that the gas had leaked from the Chembur plant of Rashtriya Chemical Fertiliser, a Public Sector company. The leak, authorities say, has now been contained.
But the fact that a gas leak happened, in a populated city like Mumbai, has also instilled fear in the hearts of people who live not so far away from factories.
It's also prompted the question: Of how to protect ourselves and our loved ones in case of a gas leak?
FIT spoke to doctors to find out.