Sleeping In Bengal Sweet Shop, 2 Suffocate To Death, 6 Hospitalised
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An investigation is underway to ascertain whether a leak of an LPG cylinder took place or fumes from the 'tandoor' at the shop were cause of the deaths.
At least two people "asphyxiated" to death in a sweet shop in Durgapur city in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district on Monday, police said.
Six others also present in the shop were found in an unconscious state and are currently undergoing treatment in a hospital.
The incident took place in a sweet shop on William Carey Road in B-Zone area of the industrial city as the eight workers of the shop were sleeping inside the establishment after the day's work, a police officer said.
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