According to preliminary data, they died “as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning,” reports RIA Novosti citing a representative of the emergency services.
Photo: Internet“In the Sredneakhtubinsky district, the bodies of six workers from a farming enterprise were discovered. All of them are citizens of Tajikistan. The workers died in the village of Rakhinka in a greenhouse for growing vegetables due to the depressurization of the exhaust system of a gasoline generator,” the statement said.
Later, the investigative committee reported the initiation of a criminal case on the grounds of the crime of “causing death by negligence to two or more persons.” According to the investigation, a gasoline generator was located in the greenhouse in violation of safety rules and regulations, and combustion products accumulated inside.