Kanah (J-K) May 23 (ANI): Three persons lost their lives after falling into 100-feet well in remote village Kanah, in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.

The men died cleaning the well in search of potable water.

According to the police, the death may have been due to suffocation resulting from the Carbon Monoxide (CO) fumes coming from a generator that the men had carried with them into the well.

A team of fire officials, villagers and rescue workers pulled out the victims from the well, who were then taken to nearby hospital for treatment.

“There were seven persons in the well. We pulled them out and afterwards took them to hospital. Of the rescued people, three died upon reaching the hospital.” said Ghan Shyam, Station House Officer (SHO), Hiranagar.

Acute water shortage in the region coupled with intense heat forced the villagers to undertake the cleaning operation. (ANI)