Tamil Nadu ammonia gas leak LIVE: Seven women killed in gas leak in Tiruvallur seafood factory

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Tiruvallur District Collector S. Kavitha visited the mill tract and met with patients astatine the hospitals to oversee alleviation measures.

Published - June 21, 2026 04:41 p.m. IST

Arakkonam NDRF squad inspecting the spot. | Photo Credit: NDRF

Seven women died during attraction connected Sunday (June 21, 2026) aft being affected successful a large ammonia state leak astatine a backstage seafood processing portion successful Manjangaranai adjacent Periyapalayam, constabulary said.

A full of 67 affected workers were rushed to section aesculapian centres immediately, Thiruvallur District Collector S. Kavitha said.

According to her, 46 are being treated astatine Vels Hospital and 21 astatine Venkateshwara Hospital. Nine of the astir critically sick patients person since been mobilised via ambulances to the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital successful Chennai.

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June 21, 2026 16:41
CM Vijay orders enactment of three-member enquiry committee
Chief Minister Vijay has fixed instructions to signifier an enquiry committee to probe the incident.
A three-member committee comprising the Director of Industrial Safety and Health, Member Secretary, Pollution Control Board and the Additional Director of Public Health has been formed to taxable an interim study wrong 24 hours and a last study successful 3 days.
The CM had instructed the IT Minister/Tiruvallur Monitoring Minister to unreserved to Tiruvallur on with the Monitoring Officer, Dr. K.P. Karthikeyan, IAS, to springiness the champion imaginable attraction to the affected successful coordination with the District Collector and the territory administration.
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Over 60 workers hospitalised pursuing ammonia state leak successful seafood mill successful Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district
A full of 67 affected workers were rushed to section aesculapian centres instantly aft a large ammonia state leak astatine a backstage seafood processing portion successful Manjangaranai adjacent Periyapalayam, Tiruvallur District Collector (DC) S. Kavitha said connected Sunday (June 21, 2026).
According to her, 46 are being treated astatine Vels Hospital and 21 astatine Venkateshwara Hospital. Nine of the astir critically sick patients person since been mobilised via ambulances to the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital successful Chennai.
Over 60 workers hospitalised pursuing ammonia state leak successful seafood mill successful Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district
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