TRAGEDY: 6 DIE, OVER 20 UNCONSCIOUS AFTER INHALING GENERATOR FUME IN IMO

Six people have lost their lives and more than twenty unconscious following a tragedy that struck on Sunday at Umuomumu Umueze Mbieri in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State.

The victims were alleged to have died from generator fumes kept inside a building where they lodged after attending a traditional marriage.

The remains of the deceased have been deposited at a morgue in Ikeduru, a nearby town, while the unconscious victims are receiving attention at a hospital.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Imo State Command, Mr. Orlando Ikeokwu, said police had commenced investigation into the matter.

He explained that the victims were guests to a family that held traditional marriage but were kept in a building inside the same compound to pass the night.

An administrator at Ikeduru General Hospital, where the victims are receiving attention, Dr. Austin Agbahiwe, said there were indications that the people were exposed to generator fumes.

An indigene of the community, Mr. Martins Ezuruike, blamed the incident on what he described as carelessness on the part of the celebrants as the generating set would have been kept a distance from the house but was kept inside the same building they slept.

Mr. Ezuruike added that the generator was still on as at the time the dead and unconscious persons were found in the morning.

 
CHINAZO ILECHUKWU

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