Three workers die after inhaling poisonous gas while cleaning tank in Gujarat

Three workers died Sunday apparently after inhaling a poisonous gas while cleaning a tank at a steel plant near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, police said.

Two other workers are critical.

The incident occurred at Laxcon Steels Limited located on Bavla-Changodar Road when a worker descended into a tank for cleaning and complained of uneasiness, a Changodar police station official said.

"When the worker complained of uneasiness, other workers went down to help him. They also felt uneasy.

They were rushed to a hospital in Bavla town where three of them were declared brought dead," he said, adding that two workers were shifted to private hospitals in Ahmedabad and Changodar in a critical condition. It appears that they all had inhaled some poisonous gas, the official said.

However, the exact cause of their death will be known once we receive a postmortem report, he said. While two of the deceased workers hailed from Uttar Pradesh, one belonged to Bihar, the official said. They were identified as Siyaram Yadav (54), Sadendra Kumar (18) and Shaukat Saad (35).

(With inputs from agencies.)