Sad News, Two People Killed Suspected Of Gas Poisoning In Wells

Joint SAR officers evacuate two people who died from poison gas while draining a well in Jepara, Wednesday (11/3/2021) night. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The joint search and rescue team evacuated two workers who were suspected of having died from inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a well in Bucu Village, Jepara Regency, Central Java. Marju (68), a resident of Bucu Village and Pujiono (41), a resident of Pendem Village, Kembang District, Jepara Regency. According to him, the fateful incident began when on Wednesday, November 3 morning, the two victims descended into the wells with a depth of 20 meters to drain the water in it.

Both of them, he said, still had time to go out during the day to rest, before finally going back down to work. However, he continued, the whereabouts of the two were not known until late afternoon. the well. When checked, the two victims are still in the well," he said as quoted by Antara, Thursday, November 4. The joint search and rescue officer who received the report of the incident then dispatched a team to evacuate the two victims. breathing aids when descending into the well with a diameter of 1 meter. The evacuation process for the two victims, he continued, was finally completed on Wednesday night. A provisional suspicion, according to him, was that the two victims died as a result of inhaling toxic gas while in the well.