Bhopal gas tragedy: What happened on December 2, 1984

On the night of December 2-3 in 1984, Bhopal saw a tragedy that has no parallel in the world's industrial history. The leakage of the deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from Union Carbide India Ltd's (UCIL) factory created a dense toxic cloud over the city and killed thousands and injured lakhs.

On the night of December 2-3 in 1984, Bhopal saw a tragedy that has no parallel in the world's industrial history. The leakage of the deadly methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from Union Carbide India Ltd's (UCIL) factory created a dense toxic cloud over the city and killed thousands and injured lakhs.

After 30 years of the Bhopal gas tragedy, here's an account of what happened that night and a little later:

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