Kendujhar: In a tragic incident, two young men died and three others turned critical on after inhaling fumes emitted from a generator at a village in Odisha’s Kendujhar district.
According to preliminary reports, the incident occurred in Sudunga village under the jurisdiction of Nayakote police station in Banspal block.
Sources said Laxmi Puja was being celebrated in the village. Five youths were sleeping inside a house on Tuesday night with a generator running. All of them reportedly were unconscious due to suffocation from the gas emitted by the generator. The room was apparently filled with toxic carbon monoxide.
On Wednesday morning, villagers grew suspicious after the door of the house did not open. Later, they broke open the house and rescued the five youths and rushed them to Banspal Hospital. However, two of them died on the way to the hospital.
The other three who are in critical condition have been shifted to Kendujhar District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) for further treatment.
The deceased have been identified as Rajendra Santa and Nitu Santa of Sudunga village. The critically injured are Jagannath Giri, Prashant Dehuri and Niradash Dehuri.