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A toxic gas called Methyl Isocynate (MIC) escaped from an underground storage tank of a fertilizer plant on the night of December 2, 1984, in the city of Bhopal, India.This plant was owned and operated by Union Carbide India, Ltd., a subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation of the United States.The gas quickly spread over an area of 25 square miles, resulting in 1800 deaths and affecting over 200,000 more people.The latest death total has been calculated at 4200 people.