Two die after inhaling sewer gas


IPOH: Two men carrying out maintenance work in a manhole in front of a mall here were overcome by sewer gas, causing them to suffocate.

Mohamad Nur Syafiq Mohamad Naser, and Mohamad Ilaala Che Aziz, both 27, were pronounced dead by the medical team after their bodies were brought out from the 4m-deep sewerage shaft by the Fire and Rescue Department yesterday.

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