Three die after inhaling poisonous gas in Bengal
July 5th, 2011 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, July 5 (IANS) Three labourers in West Bengal’s South 24-Parganas district died Tuesday after inhaling toxic gases in a well when they were conducting a water treatment operation, police said.
“Three people died after inhaling poisonous gases in a well at Bantala leather complex area,” South 24-Parganas Superintendent of Police Lakshmi Narayan Meena said.
“One of the labourers dipped into the well while conducting a water treatment operation. When he did not surface for a long time, one of his colleagues plunged into the well, followed by another labourer. When none of them came up, the locals informed us,” Meena told IANS over phone.
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