Investigation launched after man killed by sewer fumes

The Health and Safety Authority has launched a full inquiry into how one worker died and another was left critically ill after apparently being overcome by fumes at a housing estate in Dublin.

The men, employees of a company called DrainTech, were carrying out maintenance work on the sewer system in Drumnigh Wood, Portmarnock. As they were working a number of metres underground, one of the workers got into difficulty in the sewer and collapsed into the pit.

His colleague went to help him, but also got into difficulty.