Delhi school gas leak: 200 children hospitalised, probe ordered

30 cat ambulances and disaster management team were rushed to the spot

By: News Desk |
May 6, 2017 2:00 pm

Nearly 200 children of Rani Jhansi Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya were rushed to hospital after gas leakage from a gas tanker in South Delhi’s Tughlaqabad. The incident took place early morning after students complained of breathing problems and itching in their eyes. The gas leak call from the school was received at 7.43 a.m. Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot, an officer said. Seventeen ambulances from the Centralised Accident and Trauma Services (CATS) were also rushed to the school. Meanwhile, the Delhi government has ordered a magisterial probe into the incident.

“Around 200 children have been admitted to four hospitals for treatment. No one is serious. Situation is normal,” Romil Baniya, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South-East, told ANI.

“Some chemical leakage at customs area of Tughlaqabad depot has caused eye irritation to the students in Rani Jhansi school,” DCP(Southeast) Romil Baaniya said.

#FLASH: Total of 110 students from Tughlakabad’s Rani Jhansi Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya hospitalized after gas leakage near the school pic.twitter.com/wZ9LxPhb8t

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Delhi:National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) arrive at Tughlakabad’s Rani Jhansi Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya after gas leakage near the school pic.twitter.com/uQHI7uFpYn

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More than 50 students of Rani Jhansi Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Delhi’s Tughlakabad hospitalized after gas leakage near the school. pic.twitter.com/uYdwxylY9k

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Some students complained of irritation in eyes & throat due to gas leak; 50-60 students hospitalized: Vice Principal #Delhi pic.twitter.com/ocPnzTah3E

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Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has said that he will visit the children in the hospital and that he has spoken to a few children on phone. “I have asked the DM(District Magistrate) to investigate…Doctors have also said there is no problem,” he said.

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Fire tender teams were also rushed to the spot. As per the Delhi Fire Service the leak emanated from drums inside a truck parked in the depot.