Tragedy struck, in the early hours of Tuesday, at the Amarata suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital as seven persons lost their lives after inhaling fumes from power generating set (generator) placed inside a music studio.
The incident occurred along Transformer Road, Amarata in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
According to some residents, the deceased were working in the recording studio, owned by one of them, identified as Akpos Barakubo.
They were said to have worked late into the night using a generator due to the poor power supply situation in the state and may have slept off leaving the generator running in the studio lacking proper ventilation.
It was learned that six of the victims were discovered dead Tuesday morning while one who was unconscious was rushed to the hospital but later gave up the ghost.
Some of the victims were said to be students of the Niger Delta University (NDU), who are into the recording business to help themselves in school.
Security operatives had condoned off the area as at press time with the corpses evacuated and deposited at the morgue.