Two workers lost their lives and three others fell unconscious due to inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning an underground water tank at a construction site in Gulistan-e-Jauhar on Thursday.
Edhi volunteers, Rescue 1122, and police arrived at the scene and transported the unconscious workers to a nearby private hospital for immediate medical attention.
Rescue 1122 identified the deceased workers as 40-year-old Moeed and 30-year-old Ahmed.
The three unconscious workers, 20-year-old Sartaj, 25-year-old Haider, and 27-year-old Naryan, are receiving medical assistance.
According to Gulistan Johar police station SHO Faisal Gul, preliminary investigations revealed that the underground tank's cover was removed for cleaning purposes at an under-construction building in Gulistan-e-Jauhar Block 18, which had been inactive for two years.
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