13 Aug 2012 13:28

Three die of methane poisoning in sewer well in Ulyanovsk

MOSCOW. Aug 13 (Interfax) - Three people died of gas poisoning in a sewer well in Ulyanovsk, the police told Interfax on Monday.

Three unemployed men clearing a sewer well were poisoned, presumably, with methane. They died at the hospital on August 12.

The accident happened in the Prigorodny neighborhood of the Ulyanovsk Zheleznodorozny district.