Chlorine Cloud Sweeps Over Calcutta, Killing 4
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CALCUTTA — Clouds of chlorine gas swept through a congested street in the eastern port city of Calcutta on Friday, killing four people and sickening more than 200 others.
Authorities said the gas leaked out in the pre-dawn hours from a 25-gallon metal cylinder at a small paint factory located in the Kalighat area of the eastern West Bengal state capital of Calcutta, 810 miles southeast of New Delhi.
Mother Teresa, who suffers from heart complications and was fitted recently with a pacemaker, rushed to the site that was virtually deserted by fearful residents.
Police said 21 people remained hospitalized.
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