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More evacuations near Indian factory after fatal gas leak

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HYDERABAD – Indian authorities evacuated more people from villages near a South Korean-owned chemical factory where a gas leak a day earlier killed 11 people and left about 1,000 struggling to breathe.

Authorities said the evacuation was precautionary, but it triggered panic among people overnight that another gas leak was occurring. "No, there was not another leakage,’’ National Disaster Response Force spokesman Krishan Kumar said Friday.

Factory owner LG Chem said it asked police to evacuate residents because of concerns that rising temperatures at the plant’s gas tank could possibly cause another leak.

The company said it was injecting water into the tank and applying other measures to keep temperatures under control. District

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