Bobbili: Two Workers Die of Suffocation While Cleaning Petrol Tank
Polinaidu was engaged by the bunk owner to clean the fuel tank. He fell into the tank while cleaning it
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2023-09-26 06:01 GMT
Visakhapatnam: Two workers died of suffocation while cleaning a petrol tank at a filling station in Bobbili town, Vizianagaram district on Monday morning.
The victims have been identified as Peddinti Polinaidu, 57, from Chintada village, and Assu Ojha, 25, from Odisha.
According to reports, Polinaidu was engaged by the bunk owner to clean the fuel tank. He fell into the tank while cleaning it. Ojha jumped into the tank to rescue Polinaidu, but both died of suffocation.
Police pulled out the two bodies and sent them to Bobbili Government Hospital for post-mortem.