Foreign worker dies, two in hospital after inhaling toxic gas from manhole at Ipoh petrol kiosk


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 26 May 2019

The two victims being taken to the hospital on Saturday night.

IPOH: A foreign worker died while two of his colleagues are in a semi-conscious state after inhaling dangerous fumes from a manhole in front of a petrol station along the Ipoh-Lumut Road near here.

Meru Raya Fire and Rescue Department station chief Shahrudi Mohamad Halil said they received a distressed call at 7.40pm on Saturday (May 25), and reached the site five minutes later.

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