The two men who died in an accident in Sumgayit have been identifed.
The deceased are Ilgar, a laborer who was at the main, and Rasim Mammadov, a MES rescuer who fell into the same main while trying to rescue the laborer.
Both the men died of gas poisoning.
Another four rescuers have been hospitalized.
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A person who fell into an open sever main in Azerbaijan’s Sumgayit city and a rescuer of the Ministry of Emergency Situations who tried to rescue him both died of gas poisoning, APA reported.
Three more rescuers were poisoned.
The three poisoned rescuers are in hospital. Two of them are in critical condition, the Sumgayit Healthcare Department old APA.
The efforts are underway to identify the deceased and the poisoned.