Deadly contamination: Poisonous gas kills five in Turbat

Around five people were suffocated to death while checking water level in a tank in their house

QUETTA:

At least five people died after consuming poisonous fumes in a water tank in the Nodzai area of Turbat district on Wednesday.

“Around five people, all said to be relatives, were suffocated to death while checking water level in a tank in their house,” Balochistan Levies official Qadir Ahmed told The Express Tribune. A sixth man fell unconscious.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 25^th, 2015.