ALBAWABA- Seven people were killed or injured in a tragic suffocation incident inside a well in the Jabal Habashi district of Taiz governorate, southwestern Yemen, security sources confirmed on Wednesday.
According to the Security Media Center of the Ministry of Interior in the internationally recognized government, the incident occurred on Tuesday in the village of Sahaba, al-Sharaja area, west of Taiz city.
Two men, aged 28 and 65, lost their lives after inhaling toxic exhaust fumes from a generator used to pump water from the shallow well.
Authorities reported that five others lost consciousness while trying to rescue those who had descended before them, entering the poorly ventilated well one by one.
All were overcome by the generator's exhaust fumes, leading to multiple cases of suffocation.
Jabal Habashi police said that the incident was the result of "negligence" on the part of the victims, citing a lack of proper safety measures and awareness of the risks associated with confined spaces and generator fumes.
Emergency teams recovered the bodies and transferred the unconscious survivors to a nearby hospital for treatment.
