A member of a family died while three others fainted while repairing a sewage pit at Khitangan village in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. The cause of the death, as per preliminary investigation, is believed to be the toxic gas, said police.
The deceased has been identified as Ghulam Muhammad Rather,while those who fainted were identified as Firdous Ahmed Rather son of AbdulAhad Rather, Mashook Ahmed Rather son of Abdul Ahad Rather and Abdul AhadRather son of Abdul Aziz Rather, all residents of Khaitangan Baramulla.
The incident happened when the family decided to repair thesewage pit.
“As one of the family members opened the sewage pit and wentinside, he fell unconscious. The three other family members jumped into the pitto rescue him. However, they too fainted. Following which another member raisedalarm. The villagers rushed to the spot and launched rescue operation,” a localsaid.
Locals said the rescued family members were immediatelyshifted to a nearby hospital where one among them was declared dead on arrival.The others as per reports are responding to the medical treatment and arestable.