Haryana: 4 Workers Die After Inhaling Toxic Gas While Cleaning Tank at Bahadurgarh Factory

At least four people were killed while two fell unconscious after they inhaled a toxic gas while cleaning a tank at a factory in Haryana’s Jhajjar district on Wednesday, police said.

The deceased were migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh. Police said the condition of one of the two workers who fell unconscious is serious. They were cleaning a waste tank at the unit located in an industrial area in Rohad of Jhajjar’s Bahadurgarh. The factory makes gas kits for vehicles, police said, according to news agency PTI.

“Labourers had gone down a 5 feet deep tank to clean it. It is suspected that due to this four have died and two are serious, further probe underway,” District Collector Shakti Singh said, news agency ANI reported.

The Jhajjar district administration has ordered an inquiry, which will be conducted by a joint committee of officials, including from departments of fire service and industrial safety.