Rapid Fire
Massive Fire at Union Carbide Plant
- 21 May 2024
- 1 min read
Recently, a massive fire occurred at the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, which was shut down after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984.
- The locals expressed their fear about the potential effects of toxic smoke on their bodies.
- The Bhopal gas tragedy was one of the worst industrial accidents in history that occurred on the night of 2-3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant.
- It exposed people and animals to the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate (MIC), causing immediate and long-term health effects and deaths.
- The cause of the gas leak is debated between corporate negligence and employee sabotage.
- As a result several laws were passed related to disaster and environmental protection in India.
- Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster Act of 1985,
- Environment Protection Act of 1986,
- Public Liability Insurance Act of 1991,
- Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act of 2010
