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Posted by : Aahil Shaik
Friday, June 12, 2020
Six Workers die inside a underground Water Pipe in Riyadh
Six workers died in a water pipe inside a project under construction in the Aziziyah district in the capital Riyadh, and the media spokesman for the civil defense in the Riyadh region, Lt. Col. Muhammad Al Hammadi, said that the civil defense teams received a notification of the incident from the Control and Orientation Center of the General Administration of Civil Defense in Riyadh. Trending : Green Riyadh project aims to plant 7.5 million trees
The report stated that 6 people were missing in an underground water pipe of approximately 400 meters in length, about one meter in diameter at a work site to extend under construction pipelines in the Aziziyah neighborhood, south of Riyadh.
- They work in the company executing the project, they were doing work inside the tube, and they couldn't get out while losing contact with their colleagues abroad. Recommend : A Saudi citizen arrested for abusing an expat in a viral video
- Al-Hammadi explained that the civil defense teams worked to search and find the six workers, approximately 360 meters, and they are unconscious and detained, to be directed by creating holes in the tube by civil defense equipment and equipment for such incidents.
- It became clear after they were examined by the medical teams on site, All of them died, and investigation procedures are still in place to determine the reasons. Read : Islamic Affairs Ministry decided to open Mosques 40 minutes before Friday's prayer call