Pune, Apr 26 (PTI) Three workers died on Sunday after suspected inhalation of toxic gas inside a drainage tank at a mushroom farming unit in Purandar taluka in Pune district of Maharashtra, police said.
The incident occurred in Belsar village under the Jejuri police station limits.
According to officials, a worker descended into the drainage tank at 4:30 PM to clear a wastewater line. When he failed to come out, two more workers entered the chamber one after another.
When none of the workers came out, locals rushed to the site and used an earthmover machine to break open the slab covering the tank to rescue them, a police officer said.
All three men were taken to Jejuri Rural Hospital, where doctors declared them “brought dead”.
Preliminary inquiry indicates that the deaths were likely caused by suffocation and inhaling of toxic gases that had built up inside the confined space, police said.
The deceased have been identified as Pintu Rajesh Prasad (23), Vyas Soham Kumar (22), and Gautam Ramsuran Kushwaha (36), all from Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh.
Jejuri police have registered a case of accidental death and are investigating. PTI SPK NSK
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