Two persons died and another was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition on Tuesday after they inhaled gas accumulated in a storage chamber of a fishing boat in Mumbai.
The incident took place at the New Fish Jetty around 11 am, when the workers were removing fish from the boat Anjani Putra. Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjay Latkar, said that the boat had returned to the coast at around 2 am, and it is suspected that gas was generated due to rotting fish.
The police commissioner further said that the worker climbed down into a storage chamber passed out and the five others who followed him inside also fell unconscious. All of them were rushed to the government-run J J Hospital.
“Sriniwas Anand Yadav (35) and boat owner Naga Don Sanjay (27), both hailing from Andhra Pradesh, died during treatment, he said. Suresh Mekla, also from Andhra Pradesh, was on ventilator while the condition of the other three was stable, the official added.
A case of accidental death was registered at Yellow Gate police station and further probe on the matter is on.
(with PTI inputs)
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