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Two migrant workers die after suspected gas inhalation on fishing boat in Kozhikode
Two migrant workers from West Bengal have died after reportedly inhaling toxic gas on a fishing boat at Beypore harbour in Kozhikode, Kerala.
Sachin Das died on October 11 while receiving treatment; Dilip Sur died earlier.
The incident happened on October 9, when the two workers were collecting stock from the boat’s storeroom.
Authorities suspect that a lack of fresh air in the enclosed space caused them to lose consciousness.
Rescue workers found them motionless and gave them CPR while they were taken to hospital.
Fire and Rescue Services personnel helped coordinate the rescue and warned fishers to take care in similar situations.
Two other fishermen died in a suspected toxic smoke inhalation incident near Beypore harbour in April 2026.
Two migrant workers died after reportedly inhaling toxic gas in a fishing boat storeroom at Beypore harbour in Kozhikode.
Sachin Das, a native of West Bengal, died on October 11 while undergoing treatment.
Dilip Sur, also from West Bengal, died earlier after the incident.
The workers were employed on the fishing boat Tesla and were collecting stock from its storeroom on October 9.
A lack of fresh air in the enclosed space is suspected to have caused them to lose consciousness.
- Who
- Sachin Das and Dilip Sur, migrant workers from West Bengal.
- What
- Both died after reportedly inhaling toxic gas in a fishing boat storeroom.
- When
- The incident occurred on October 9, 2026. Sachin Das died on October 11.
- Where
- In the storeroom of the fishing boat Tesla at Beypore harbour in Kozhikode, India.
- Why
- A lack of fresh air in the enclosed space is suspected to have caused them to lose consciousness.
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The workers reportedly inhaled toxic gas while collecting stock from the boat’s storeroom.
Sachin Das died while undergoing treatment.
- Deceased workers
- Sachin Das and Dilip Sur
- Workers’ home state
- West Bengal
- Boat
- Tesla
- Incident date
- October 9, 2026
- Location
- Beypore harbour, Kozhikode
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