3 sweepers die owing to gas caused suffocation in gutter in Bhavnagar

Bhavnagar/Palanpur: At least three sweepers died a tragic death in Bhavnagar city of Gujarat tonight owing to suffocation caused by a poisonous gas inside a gutter in which they had entered for cleaning work, police said.

In yet another incident at least two workers were buried under the pile of soil during the digging of a bore-well in Bhakodar village under Dantiwada taluka of Banaskantha district of North Gujarat. Effort to rescue them was on.

Four sweepers working on contract for Bhavnagar municipal corporation had entered a gutter near Amba crossing in the city tonight. Suddenly owing to presence of some poisonous gas most likely methane, they fainted. One of them somehow managed to come out and informed people about it. A rescue team of the fire brigade pulled the three out of the gutter and took them to Sir T hospital here where the doctors declared them brought dead. The whole matter was under investigation.

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