Three die while cleaning well

By IANS,

Bhubaneswar: Three people died when they inhaled some toxic gas while cleaning a well in Orissa’s Ganjam district Saturday, police said.


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The deaths occurred in Badapada village in Bhanjanagar area of the district, 160 km from Bhubaneswar.

The dead included two brothers and a labourer from the village, local police official Ashok Panda said.

A fire brigade official who tried to rescue them was also affected by the gas and has been hospitalised.

The bodies have been recovered from the well and sent for post-mortem examination, Panda said.

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