Two men have died from oxygen deficiency after climbing down in an 18-foot-deep diesel tank for a clean-up in a fishing boat located in the yard of Kyogon Jetty in Insein Township, Yangon, according to the Fire Services Department. 

Receiving information about the incident at about 10.30 today, fire brigade members of Insein Township Fire Station went to the scene for help.

The dead bodies were sent to Insein People’s Hospital in an ambulance of Kanaung Social Aid Organization at about 10.50 pm, the department reported.