25 faint due to gas leak in Karachi
November 4th, 2010 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANSKarachi, Nov 4 (IANS) At least 25 people, including 18 students and seven women teachers, fainted due to gas leakage in a private school in Karachi Thursday, a media report said.
Due to a power cut at the J.Q. Academy in Kahardar area, school authorities turned its gas generator on. However, after some time, the whole school building was filled with gas that leaked from the generator, the Online news agency reported.
Rescue teams which rushed to the scene shifted the affected people to a nearby hospital, where all the victims recovered after receiving first aid.
- 12 students ill after gas leak in school - Aug 03, 2010
- Gas leak in Maharashtra, over 10 hospitalised - Jan 18, 2011
- Chlorine leak: 17 fall ill in Haryana - Jan 29, 2011
- 30 fall ill due to China gas leak - Nov 23, 2010
- 10 girls hospitalised after gas leakage in school lab - Aug 25, 2010
- 50 fall ill after gas leaks in Mumbai - Jul 14, 2010
- Suspected gas leak in Mumbai, no casualties - Jan 22, 2011
- Gas leak continues at ONGC well in Tripura (Lead) - Jun 15, 2011
- 22 people fall ill as chlorine gas leaks (Lead) - Jun 21, 2010
- Four of a family charred in Delhi gas cylinder blast - Apr 08, 2012
- Formalim leak forces evacuation of hospital - Mar 27, 2012
- US experts to help ONGC cap gas leak at Tripura well - Jun 18, 2011
- Gas leak continues at ONGC well in Tripura - Jun 15, 2011
- 850 ill due to chlorine poisoning in Egypt - May 30, 2011
- Two students killed, 10 missing as bus falls into canal - Feb 28, 2012
Tags: first aid, gas generator, gas leak, gas leakage, nearby hospital, news agency, private school, school authorities, school in karachi, seven women, women teachers