VIC:Search for man in sewage tank underway

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2011
VIC:Search for man in sewage tank underway

It could take rescuers several hours to find a man believed to have fallen into a tank
at a sewage plant in Melbourne's south.

The man, believed to be in his 50s, was carrying out routine sampling works at Melbourne
Water's Eastern Treatment Plant in Bangholme near Dandenong, when he failed to return
to the on-site laboratory about 8.45am (AEDT).

It's believed he's fallen into a 1.5-million-litre sewage tank where crews found some
of his work equipment.

Melbourne Water is pumping the sludge out of the pit, which could take up to four hours to empty.

The man's family has been contacted.

AAP RTV mok/gfr/wf

KEYWORD: SEWAGE (MELBOURNE)

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