A container truck carrying hydrochloric acid overturned near a school in Thane today.
Thane:
A container truck carrying hydrochloric acid overturned on the busy Ghodbunder road in Thane this morning and the leaking acid's fumes spread in the area, prompting authorities to evacuate a school in the vicinity.
"The speeding truck carrying several drums of hydrochloric acid toppled near the Gaimukh octroi post at around 8 AM," Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell chief Santosh Kadam said.
"As a result, the acid from the drums started leaking," he said.
Since the acid fumes engulfed the entire area, a school and an octroi post close to the spot of the accident were closed and children and staff sent home, he said.
The truck driver sustained injuries and has been taken to a hospital.
Firemen and disaster management cell personnel have reached the site, Mr Kadam said, adding that work is under way to remove the truck from the road.
Meanwhile, another container truck also overturned in the same area. However, its driver and cleaner fled from the spot.
"The speeding truck carrying several drums of hydrochloric acid toppled near the Gaimukh octroi post at around 8 AM," Thane Municipal Corporation's Regional Disaster Management Cell chief Santosh Kadam said.
"As a result, the acid from the drums started leaking," he said.
Since the acid fumes engulfed the entire area, a school and an octroi post close to the spot of the accident were closed and children and staff sent home, he said.
The truck driver sustained injuries and has been taken to a hospital.
Firemen and disaster management cell personnel have reached the site, Mr Kadam said, adding that work is under way to remove the truck from the road.
Meanwhile, another container truck also overturned in the same area. However, its driver and cleaner fled from the spot.
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