Five labourers suffocate to death while cleaning water tank at Mumbai under-construction building

MUMBAI: Five labourers suffocated to death while cleaning a water tank in an under-construction building in south Mumbai on Sunday, officials said.The incident occurred at Bismillah Space building located on Dimtimkar Road in the Nagpada area around 12:30 pm, they said.Five workers entered a water tank to clean it but passed out inside while doing the job, said a fire official.Others at the construction site alerted the fire brigade, which rescued the five men and rushed them to the state-run JJ hospital.However, doctors declared them dead, said an official.Officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and local police have reached the spot and a probe is underway, said a police official.More details are awaited.



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