An emergency response team gathers at a portable toilet where a foetus was found in Inanda.

A distressing scene unfolded in Bhambayi, Inanda on Tuesday afternoon when a human foetus was found in a portable chemical toilet.

Security company Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) was alerted to the incident when a truck driver from a local sanitation and plumbing company called their headquarters, requesting assistance.

According to on-scene reports, company employees were conducting routine servicing and cleaning of the public chemical toilet when the suction pipe suddenly became severely blocked.

Emergency medical personnel and a security officer inspect the interior of a portable chemical toilet during an investigation after the discovery of a foetus.