Four labourers have died after inhaling smoke inside the pit of a brick kiln in a village, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place in Birsinghpur village on Tuesday night, when one of the labourers at the kiln entered the main pit where bricks were being hardened to check on them. When he did not come out after being called, the other three then went inside to check on him, police said.
They all got choked to death from the smoke inside the pit, they said. The deceased have been identified as Brajwasi (55), Gajraj (42), Dhani Ram (27) and Sintoo (24).
The bodies were removed from the kiln by the villagers yesterday after the wall was broken, police said.
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