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  • 12/13/2024
Three workers were electrocuted while installing solar panels at the Public Works Department office in Ranau, Sabah on Friday (Dec 13).

The three, identified as Wong, 54, Salleh, 34, and Gimbal, 25 , were killed on the spot.

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00:00Three workers were electrocuted while installing solar panels at the Public Works Department
00:07office in Ranau on Friday.
00:09Fifty-four-year-old Wong, thirty-four-year-old Saleh and twenty-five-year-old Gimbal were
00:14killed on the spot, while a fourth worker, Dhani in his twenties, was with them at the
00:20time was unhurt.
00:21The Sabah Fire and Rescue Department received a distress call at 10.46 am.
00:27Medical officials confirmed the deaths on site.
00:30The bodies were sent to the hospital for post-mortem, while Dhani was examined at the scene.
00:35The cause of the incident is under investigation.

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