Poisonous gas kills three
Irangika Range
Three people were killed and two others hospitalised when they
inhaled poisonous gas emanating from a gem pit in Neelagamwatte,
Kahawatta around 4.30 p.m. yesterday, a Police Spokesman for the
Kahawatta Police told the Daily News.
Five labourers working in the gem pit were taken ill after they were
exposed to the poisonous gas," he said. Three labourers who were
critical died after admission to the Kahawatta Hospital. |