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Pune: Two labourers die while cleaning septic tank of housing society; suffocation suspected

An official from the fire brigade department said the residents of the society claimed that there is a possibility that one more worker is stuck inside

|Oct 21, 2022, 11:31:57 IST

Pune: Two labourers died of suspected asphyxiation while working in a drainage chamber-cum-septic tank in Wagholi area of Pune city on Friday morning, police said.The incident took place at a housing society, they said, adding that one more worker is likely to have got trapped inside the tank.

"The victims were working in an 18-feet deep drainage-cum-septic tank. It seems that they were suffocated and got stuck inside. We were informed about it around 7 am and after reaching the spot, we took the bodies of two workers out," an official from the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority's fire brigade department said.As per the information given by the residents, there is the possibility that one more worker is stuck inside, he said."People here are saying that there were a total of three workers. We also saw three pairs of footwear outside the tank, so a search is on for the third worker," the official said.Read all the Latest News, Trending News, Cricket News, Bollywood News,India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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