The case of 5 sanitation workers asphyxiated: Feeling sorry for one person who did not survive, everyone's family is heartbroken

5 workers performing dredging under the sewer in Binh Chanh district (HCMC) encountered an incident that caused 1 person to die. The male worker's funeral was held in a quiet, mournful setting. The wife choked on the incident.

In the pouring rain on July 27, the small alley on Ba Hom Street, District 6, which was once quiet, was now even more sad, everyone felt sorry for the drainage worker Kim Long, who unfortunately passed away due to gas poisoning at the time. work.

With tears in her eyes, Ms. Pham Thi Ngoc Thu, wife of drainage worker Kim Long (belonging to Ho Chi Minh City Urban Sewerage One Member Limited Liability Company), told her husband's unfinished dream.

Ms. Thu and Mr. Long met 12 years ago, he worked as a hairdresser, and she worked as a post office. Being matched by acquaintances and loving the gentle and hardworking Tien Giang hometown boy, both should be husband and wife. The two have two grandchildren - a boy and a girl.

"He did his hair but was unstable, then the COVID-19 epidemic caused him to lose his job. He was given a car assistant by an acquaintance. As soon as he had money, he brought it home and gave it to me to buy milk for my children and spend at home. Recently he Apply for a job as a drainage company.

He told the mother and daughter that he went to work for the state to have insurance, regime, stable job to take care of his wife and children to have a better life. Who would have thought that he was short of number, only worked for 2 years, then he had an accident," Thu burst into tears.

In broken sobs, she said that when he had an accident, everyone hid it because she was afraid she couldn't stand it. She only heard that he fainted, she went to the scene to find him to take care of him. Seeing him lying there, the mat covered his body and he died standing...

"He is gentle, everyone loves him, he doesn't even let me wash his dirty clothes when he comes home from work for fear of being toxic. Many times he cuts his hands and feet, bruises his body while working, and doesn't complain or tell. I only say it because I don't want my family to worry.

The couple's work hours are opposite, so family meals together are inherently rare. Now he's gone ...", at this point, Thu's tears kept flowing, choking her voice.

The innocent story of the youngest son, Long, when he faintly heard the stories of adults talking to each other. The child still did not realize that his father had passed away. When someone came to visit, the 5-year-old boy all said: "Three children went to the sewer to work, they fainted and fell face down in the water." Everyone who hears it is heartbroken.

It is known that Mr. Long is the main laborer in the house, his wife Thu works as a support for the kindergarten with a salary of more than 4 million/month. The house the couple lives in is the house of Ms. Thu's parents.

After he died, the burden fell on the young wife's shoulders when her children's food, money, and education all depended on her meager salary...

Before that at about 9 am on July 26, the Police Department of Fire Prevention and Rescue and Rescue of Ho Chi Minh City Police Department received an alert at 3A20, Tran Van Giau Street, Pham Van Hai Commune (Binh Chanh District). The incident left many people trapped under the sewer.

The Fire and Rescue Police force of Binh Chanh District Police sent two specialized vehicles and 12 soldiers to the scene to carry out rescue work.

After the functional forces sent people wearing masks and gas cylinders and approached below the sewer, they discovered and rescued a person who had not survived KL (38 years old), brought to the ground.

At the same time, the functional forces also discovered four other people injured and trapped in the sewer, including Vo Huynh Bao Anh (36 years old), Diep Bao Cuong (33 years old), Tran Trung Binh (43 years old) and Ngo Khai Minh. (22 years old) should be taken to Cho Ray Hospital for emergency.

Through initial verification, this is a group of workers of the drainage company, in the process of cleaning and sanitizing under the sewer, they encountered a problem of being trapped and asphyxiated. The workers were brought up in a state of dirty clothes, dirty black water.

The company's representative said that the 4 victims in emergency care are now awake and are being monitored at the hospital. However, the unit refused to share whether the workers at work wore gas masks and measured toxic gases when dredging the sewers or not.

According to a leader of the Commune People's Committee Pham Van Hai, the cause may be the lack of oxygen in the process of cleaning workers under the sewer, leading to the incident.

Currently, the functional forces are still cordoning off, examining the scene and investigating the incident.

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