Chennai: In a horrifying incident, six persons died after inhaling toxic gases while cleaning a tank at Sriperumbudur. Among the six, three are from the same family.The incident took place at a house in Vinayaka Nagar. The men had to clear blockage at the bottom of a septic tank and they allegedly went in without any safety gear.
As per reports, at first, Karthik and Kannan went in. When they did not come out for a long time others went in search of them.
The concentration of the gases was so high, it caused the workers to lose consciousness and die.
The Tamilnadu Fire and Rescue Services personnel used safety gears and brought them out.
More details are awaited.