Panic over ammonia leak

Satna(MP), May 25 (UNI) Panic gripped the industrial area of this ditrict town as ammonia gas leaked from a cold storage, forcing nearby residents to flee their home.

The incident took place on Wednesday evening when people smelt obnoxious gas and felt burning in their eyes. They fled their home in panic, eye-witnesses said.

Later the district authorities found that ammonia gas was leaking from Unique Cold Storage, where a valve was opened mistakenly. The panicked people were later persuaded to return home, officials said.

There was no human casualty, a spokesman of Kolgavan police station said.

UNI