NEW DELHI (AP) — Eleven individuals died and 4 extra have been hospitalized after a fuel leak Sunday in northern India’s Punjab state, native media reported.

The incident occurred at an industrial space in Ludhiana metropolis, however the supply of the fuel leak continues to be unclear, police informed the Press Trust of India information company.

India’s National Disaster Response Force sealed off the densely populated space and evacuated residents.

Authorities have been making an attempt to establish the kind of fuel within the leak, PTI quoted catastrophe response officers as saying.

The state’s chief minister, Bhagwant Mann, mentioned the leak got here from a manufacturing facility however didn’t present extra particulars in a tweet. “All possible help is being provided,” he wrote.