Die on duty

Published September 12, 2008

LAHORE, Sept 11: Two Wasa workers died from suffocation and another fainted while working in a manhole near New Flats, Loco Workshop, in Mughalpura on Thursday. The workers were clearing a sewer without adopting safety measures, it is learnt.

Rescue 1122 officials said three Wasa workers were clearing a sewer when one of them fell unconscious because of toxic gases. In an attempt to save him, his two coworkers jumped into the manhole and they too fell unconscious. — Staff Reporter

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