UAE worker dies after inhaling toxic fumes

Sharjah: One worker was killed and four others hospitalised after they inhaled toxic gases while cleaning a diesel tank in Sharjah on Monday.

A Sharjah Police offical said the workers were trapped in the tank at their workplace at Khalid Port.

The police found four workers in a critical condition and helped them out the tank. They recovered the body of a worker who died of suffocation.

All the victims were Asian. The injured men are recuperating in Kuwait Hospital and are in a stable condition.

Primary investigations revealed that the men had entered the tank without taking any safety measures or precautions.