TimesLIVE reports that City Power is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of two contract technicians who died on Saturday while replacing stolen cables in an underground tunnel.

Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson Nana Radebe-Kgiba reported that emergency service personnel had responded to a report about five contract workers trapped in a tunnel. Three were rescued and transported to nearby medical facilities while the other two died. City Power spokesperson Isaac Mangena confirmed the trapped workers were employees of one of their contractors who were replacing stolen cables in tunnels along Commissioner and Von Brandis Street in the CBD. Saturday was their second day working underground. “As City Power, we are deeply saddened by the devastating incident. It's not clear at this stage what the cause of the incident was, but City Power, along with all relevant authorities, are conducting investigations into the circumstances that led to this fatal incident,” he indicated.

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