{"id":12542,"date":"2026-05-09T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/09\/three-kandahar-residents-die-toxic-gas-septic-tank-cleanup\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T09:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:00:18","slug":"three-kandahar-residents-die-toxic-gas-septic-tank-cleanup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/09\/three-kandahar-residents-die-toxic-gas-septic-tank-cleanup\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Kandahar Residents Die from Toxic Gas in Septic Tank Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kandahar Police Command announced that last night in the Khakrez district, three individuals lost their lives while cleaning a septic tank due to inhalation of toxic gases.<\/p>\n<p>According to this Taliban-administered authority, the incident occurred when the victims were engaged in emptying and cleaning a sewage pit and suffocated as a result of the accumulation of poisonous gases inside the tank.<\/p>\n<p>The Kandahar Police Command has urged residents to use protective gear and safety equipment during septic tank cleanups to prevent such incidents from happening again.<\/p>\n<p>Septic tanks in many residential areas are traditionally constructed, and without proper ventilation, dangerous gases can accumulate and pose a serious threat to people&#8217;s lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three people died in Kandahar after inhaling toxic gases while cleaning a septic tank; authorities urge residents to use safety equipment during such jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}