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| Four building maintenance workers were killed in Tokyo on Thursday as a fire. (Photo by= Kyodo) |
[Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana] Four building maintenance workers were killed in Tokyo on Thursday as a fire suppression system was unintentionally switched on in a basement parking garage, police and firefighters said, Kyodo reported.
A total of six men were replacing ceiling linings in the parking garage of a condominium building in Shinjuku Ward when the activated fire suppression system began discharging carbon dioxide used as a fire extinguishing agent and caused shutters to close, trapping five of the workers, according to the police.
One worker is in critical condition and receiving treatment at a hospital.
