Chidanand Natikar (23), Basavaraj Keratanalli (23), Sharanayya Mathapathi (18), Ayatolla Mulla (25) and gram panchayat member Hameed Patel (45), all residents of Ferozabad, were cleaning the 45 ft-deep open well to use it for supplying water to the people reeling under acute drought.
The gram panchayat began desilting the well three days ago. Water had started collecting in the well.
On Tuesday, a pump was lowered into the well. As three persons, Basavaraj, Sharanayya and Ayatolla, began snaking down a rope into the well, the pump was switched on. Smoke began billowing out of it. Suffocated by the smoke, the three lost consciousness and fell into the well. In an attempt to rescue them, Chidanand, Razak and Hameed Patel climbed into the well, but they too were overcome by the fumes and fell into the well. Razak was rescued by the others and was later treated at the hospital.
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