Three youths lost their lives after inhaling smoke from a power generator while attempting to drain water from a well in Takau village of Jema`a local government area in Kaduna state.
The deceased were contracted to deepen a new well that had been dug to ensure adequate supply of clean water.
According to a family source of the deceased, realizing that the huse of the pumping machine was short, one of the youths also went into the well with the power generator before putting it on. Soon after, they lost consciousness inside the well, worried over the unanswered calls from the youth inside the well the 3rd youth entered the well but he inhaled the smoke and collapsed.
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