A man from Lupane in MatabelelandNorth was suffocated to death by methane gas while digging a well.
Bulawayo City Council Chief fire officer, Mhlangano Moyo, said a mining rescue team retrieved the body of the now deceased.
“This is not the first incident,” Moyo told Southern Eye on Sunday.
“I had an incident of this nature late last year. “There must be awareness to the community on the dangers of digging in that area.”
Last year, the Bulawayo Fire Brigade conducted a rescue operation in Jotsholo to retrieve the bodies of two male adults, who succumbed to gas fumes while deepening a 25-metre well.
“The greater Lupane and Jotsholo areas have methane gases underground and communities in those areas are advised to hire drilling companies as opposed to digging wells on their own,” Moyo said.
