Berhampur: Three workers allegedly died of asphyxiation following a gas leak at a chowmein factory in Narayan Nagar of Mohana area in Gajapati district late Wednesday night.
The deceased persons have been identified as Sunil Dalai and Prabhakar Dalai of Kampaguda under Mohana police limits, and Arun Sahu of Berhampur. They had fallen asleep last night while leaving the machine used to dry the chowmein turned on. This led to their suffocation.
As they did not open the door in the morning, locals informed the fire brigade. The fire personnel broke open the door of the factory and rushed them to Mohana Community Health Centre (CHC) where the doctor declared them dead.
As per the last reports, Mohana Police have seized their body and sent it to MKCG Medical College & Hospital in Berhampur for post-mortem.
