Girl, 8, among eight dead from India gas leak that has left hundreds struggling for breath

At least eight people have been killed after chemical gas leaked from an industrial plant in southern India, leaving people struggling to breathe and collapsing in the streets as they tried to flee.

The dead included an eight-year-old girl, and nearly 1,000 people suffered breathing difficulties and other reactions in the incident in Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state.