Three people die as a result of being exposed to electric shock in a laboratory in the industrial city of Hasya in the Homs countryside.

The director of the industrial city, Muhammad Amer Al-Khalil, said in a statement to SANA that the incident occurred while the factory owner’s son and one of the workers were dragging a ladder on wheels, or what is known as a scaffold, and it collided with a medium electricity network near the factory, which led to them being electrocuted immediately while his father was trying to “The factory owner was electrocuted while trying to save them and died as well.

Al-Khalil indicated that the competent authorities have initiated investigations to follow up on the incident.