<p>Five workers died of asphyxiation while they were cleaning a reactor at Sampath Oil Refinery Private Limited in Tubinakere industrial area in Mandya on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The deceased are Srirama, 25, Bablu, 26, Raju, 27, Gama, 37, and Chitu, 24, all from Bihar. They all got into the 20 foot-high reactor to clean it. However, the other workers panicked when all five of them did not come out, and called the police and the fire brigade.<br /><br />When the brigade arrived, they found that the workers were unconscious in the reactor. The brigade personnel had to use gas cutters to open the reactor and extricate the bodies.<br /><br />Owners of the refinery Kumar and Arun were not reachable as their mobile phones were switched off. Authorities have been instructed to find them. A case has been registered, District Superintendent of Police Bhushan Borase told Deccan Herald.</p>
<p>Five workers died of asphyxiation while they were cleaning a reactor at Sampath Oil Refinery Private Limited in Tubinakere industrial area in Mandya on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The deceased are Srirama, 25, Bablu, 26, Raju, 27, Gama, 37, and Chitu, 24, all from Bihar. They all got into the 20 foot-high reactor to clean it. However, the other workers panicked when all five of them did not come out, and called the police and the fire brigade.<br /><br />When the brigade arrived, they found that the workers were unconscious in the reactor. The brigade personnel had to use gas cutters to open the reactor and extricate the bodies.<br /><br />Owners of the refinery Kumar and Arun were not reachable as their mobile phones were switched off. Authorities have been instructed to find them. A case has been registered, District Superintendent of Police Bhushan Borase told Deccan Herald.</p>
