{
  "id": 1804825,
  "title": "Mahad Chemical Unit Gas Leak Claims Two Lives, Shift In-Charge And Plant Manager Booked For Negligence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/mahad-chemical-unit-gas-leak-claims-two-lives-shift-in-charge-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T20:47:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mahad-chemical-unit-gas-leak-claims-two-lives-shift-in-charge-and-plant-manager-booked-for-negligence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Navi Mumbai: A toxic gas leak at a chemical manufacturing unit in Asanpoi, Mahad, has claimed two lives, with a second worker succumbing to his injuries on Monday. The leak occurred around 5.30pm on August 15 when toxic gas reportedly escaped from a TBU reactor in the company’s plot area. Several workers in the vicinity inhaled the fumes and experienced breathing difficulties before being rushed…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}