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EWN reports that three bodies have been retrieved from a manhole in Benoni after a plumbing job went wrong at a business in the area.
The plumbers were trapped in the manhole on Monday night after they were called to the site to help unblock a sewer line. City of Ekurhuleni officials believe the workers may have inhaled toxic methane gas before they drowned. On Tuesday morning, a frantic search for three plumbers began. Ekurhuleni Emergency Management Services (EMS) spokesperson William Ntladi said: “We worked tirelessly until we retrieved all three adult males. Unfortunately, they were declared deceased.” Ntladi said the water level in the manhole was at least five metres deep. “The three were trying to unblock the main line sewerage system and were probably overcome by the methane gas emitted by the sewage and they fell inside and they couldn’t come out,” Ntladi indicated. He said the three workers did not appear to have had safety gear.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nokukhanya Mntambo at EWN
- See too, Three plumbers found dead after missing in Benoni manhole, at SABC News
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