Victims of the deadly Weld County dairy disaster may have been exposed to poisonous hydrogen sulfide, according to first responder radio communications reviewed by the Denver Post.
Citing a Denver7 report, Saturday's Denver Gazette says a worker inside an underground manure pit may have accidentally released toxic gas - and the others rushed into the pit in an attempt to save him. First responder radio reports indicated a burst pipe, the Post reports.
Hydrogen sulfide is present in decomposing manure, natural gas and petroleum products.
Six workers died in Wednesday's tragedy, four of whom were members of an extended family, including a high school student, the Post reports. A member of an organization representing food industry workers said: “From my understanding, they had worked at dairy farms for a really long time.”
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