5 dead, hundreds in hospital after gas leak at India chemical plant: police

At least five people have been killed and several hundred hospitalised after a gas leak at a chemicals plant in southeastern India, police said Thursday.

"We can confirm at least five deaths right now. More will be confirmed later. At least 70 people in the nearby hospitals are in an unconscious state and overall 200 to 500 locals are still getting treatment (at the hospitals)," said police official Swaroop Rani in Visakhapatnam.