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2 die after inhaling toxic gas

Sunday, 11 May 2014


Two persons died on Sunday after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a septic tank in a house in Ashulia under Savar upazila. The mishap occurred early morning at Narsinghpur, said Ashulia Police Station SI Ruhul Amin. The dead are Kismat Ali, 41, and Hanif Ali, 32. Quoting the house owner, SI Amin said three men got into the tank. Hanif and Kismat went inside the tank first. The other, Subhan, came out as he was feeling suffocated. Finding no response from the other two for long, the house owner informed the fire service. Fire service men pulled out their bodies from the tank, according to bdnews24.com.