According to a report from local authorities, the incident occurred on June 28 in La Gi Fish Port when Nguyen Tan Binh, 33, and his two crew members entered the fish storage cabin to take fish out for sale after a two-week trip. They all fell unconscious right after entering the storage. Other crew members rushed to take them out of the cabin but two including Binh were already dead. The other is being treated in hospital.
Initial investigations show that the deaths were caused by poisonous fumes in the cabin, which had been storing a large amount of seafood for a long period.
The same deadly accidents had occurred several times.
In May, two fishermen also died of asphyxiation after entering a fish storage cabin in their boat in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. In 2019, four others in Kien Giang Province and two in Ba Ria-Vung Tau also died from the same accident.
Local authorities are further investigating the case.
