QUETTA:Four labourers died after inhaling poisonous gas in a well at Marri Abad area of Alamdar Road in Quetta on Sunday.
According to police, four labourers went inside a well to clean it, but all of them fell unconscious due to accumulation of poisonous gas in the well.
After a long struggle that lasted for many hours, the unconscious labourers were rescued and rushed to Sandeman Provincial Hospital, Quetta where the doctors pronounced them dead. The bodies were handed over to the heirs after fulfilment of necessary medico-legal formalities. The incident has created a mourning atmosphere in the victims’ houses. Further investigation was underway.