A 25-year-old worker died of suffocation after he went to clean an area close to a boiler at a milk processing facility near Himmatnagar town of Sabarkantha district, officials said on Thursday.
Two others who also fainted after they tried to rescue the worker, Kirpalsinh Zala, are being treated in a hospital. The exact cause of the death is yet to be ascertained, they said.
Officials from Sabar Dairy, where the incident took place, have denied the possibility of any gas leak.
“We visited the spot upon learning that three people were hospitalised after they fainted while working near the boiler. One of them has died and the other two are under treatment. Probe is underway,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police AK Patel. Subhash Patel, managing director of Sabar Dairy, said this is the first time such an incident has taken place in the facility. “No such incident has ever occurred since the boiler was installed six years ago,” he said.
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