Agra: 4 of family among 5 die after inhaling toxic fumes inside septic tank

AGRA: Five people died after inhaling poisonous gas inside a septic tank in Agra’s Fatehabad area on Tuesday.
The string of deaths began when a 10-year-old boy accidentally fell into an under-construction septic tank which was filled with filth flowing from another tank nearby in Pratapura.
To rescue the child, his two brothers, an uncle and a neighbour went inside the 12-feet deep tank one by one. No one came back.
Anurag Sharma had slipped into the open tank while playing outside his house.
His elder brothers Hari Mohan (17) and Avinash Sharma (16) jumped into the gaping hole soon after hearing the wails of their younger sibling.
Then, panic-stricken, their uncle Sonu Sharma (32) followed. Another person, a neighbour, Yogesh Baghel (20), known to be a close family friend, tried to save them, paying with his life. All of them fell unconscious and died on the spot.
According to villagers, the tank was dug three days ago and was not covered. It contained four-feet-deep sewage water.
“The five people were declared brought dead at the SN Medical College. We will help the family to the extent we can,” said senior superintendent of police Babloo Kumar said.