Three people died due to toxic smoke inside well in Taiz

TAIZ, July 05 (YPA) – Civil defense teams in Taiz province manged to rescue two people and retrieve the bodies of three others from a 30-meter-deep well in the village of Al-Sidrah of At-Taiziyah district of Taiz province.

The Civil Defense Authority said in a statement that the report was received on Friday, and that immediate action was taken to the accident site.

The teams began the rescue operations and were able to save two people, while three people died, aged between (28 – 57) years.

The Authority indicated that, according to preliminary investigations, the cause of death was due to collective suffocation, resulting from the operation of a pump inside the well, which led to the emission of toxic smoke and a lack of oxygen.

In this context, It renewed its warnings to citizens against operating generators inside wells or diving into them for swimming or other purposes.

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