Cape Town – Ekurhuleni Emergency Services says investigations are still underway regarding the deaths of three plumbers who were overcome by toxic fumes in a Benoni manhole.
The contractors had been working on a sewage line at the intersection of Bradford Street and Liverpool Road in Benoni South when they inhaled methane gas.
A search was launched after they failed to return from the manhole.
“The operation of the recovery that were reported to have been drowned inside the sewage manhole system have been accomplished. All three bodies have been retrieved and the paramedics are declaring those three dead.
@benonicitytimes DEMS spokesperson William Ntladi: The three bodies of employees from a local plumbing company who were trapped inside a manhole on the corner of Bradford Street and Liverpool Road, #Benoni South, have been retrieved. #boksburg #benonitiktok ♬ original sound – Benoni City Times
“The SAPS officers will be starting with their investigations,” Ekurhuleni Emergency Services spokesperson William Ntladi said on Tuesday.
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