Father, two young daughters killed by poisonous gas at pig farm in Phatthalung

By The Nation

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The owner of a Phatthalung pig farm and his two young daughters were killed on Wednesday when they were suffocated by methane gas fumes from the farm's waste treatment pond.

 

Police said Piraphat Mato, 35, the owner of a pig farm in Moo 7 village in Tambon Klong Yai of Phatthalung’s Tamote district, was found dead along with his two daughters, aged 7 and 9, on a blanket covering the pig waste pond.

 

Pirapaphat’s wife, Erawan Mato, 36, said her husband and her two daughters went to clean the pig’s den and feed the pigs at the farm, which is about 3 kilometres from their house.

 

She said she and some relatives went to look for them when they did not return after dark and found the them lying on the blanket, which covers the pond.

 

The blanket, which was used to trap the biogas for household use, had ruptured with manure spilling onto the blanket.

 

The relatives managed to retrieve the three bodies. It is believed they died from inhaling methane gas.

 

Police said the two girls were likely playing on the blanket but it ruptured, releasing methane gas which caused them to become unconscious. When the father tried to save them he was also suffocated.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30370263

 

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What a tragedy. RIP

RIP.  So sad when as a result  of  attempting  innovation and  not  recognizing the  risks of the system.

compounding sadness when a little RIP causes bigger RIP

A similar thing happened some years back at a family dairy farm in Virginia, USA.  Open manure pond but the guy was cleaning a clogged outlet pipe.  Five people died, including two children.  Tragic.

 

Methane, along with some other gasses, will not cause you to feel suffocated.  Breathing carbon dioxide triggers acid-sensing channels that evoke fear behavior - "fight or flight".

 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091125134651.htm