Two males, a 17-year-old and a 27-year-old died in a pit toilet while opening up the chamber for easy use at Sabon Gari Market in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State.
The spokesman of the state’s fire service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, who stated this on Sunday said the accident happened on Saturday night.
Abdullahi stated that the 27-year-old was working inside the soakaway when he got trapped and in an attempt to rescue him, his colleague, the 17-year-old went into the big, wide hole and was also trapped.
“We received an emergency call about the accident and immediately sent our rescue team to the scene,’’ he stated.
He added that the fire service brought the duo out unconscious and took them to Murtala Muhammad Special Hospital where they were confirmed them dead by doctors on duty.
The fire service PRO stated also that the corpses were handed over to the police at the Sabon Gari Police Division.
He attributed the deaths to high temperature and lack of oxygen inside the toilet pit.