[DAWN] Four labourers died after falling into an underground chemical tank of an industrial unit one after another in the Bin Qasim area on Thursday.The incident came as a grim reminder of last year’s tragedy that had left five people dead in a Korangi factory, indicating gross violation of safety measures and the Sindh social security rules, officials said.
SHO of Bin Qasim cop shoppe Dhani Bux told Dawn that the labourers died after ostensibly inhaling chemical fumes inside the tank of the under-construction Scada chemical factory near Ghaggar Phatak.
The officer said one of the labourers had been apparently trying to fix the tank’s ventilator when he slipped and fell into it. Three other workers died while trying to save their colleague. A fifth worker was, however, rescued and later hospitalised.
The dear departed were identified as Zahoor Ahmed, Tanveer Ahmed, Faizan and Faisal while Ali Shah was rescued.