Deaths of 4 Workers Blamed On Toxic Fumes

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › November 04, 2007

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SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) -- Toxic fumes are believed to have killed four workers whose bodies were pulled from a 12-foot-deep sewer line near a construction company landfill, authorities said.

"They were either down in the manhole trying to clear a blockage or they were going down to repair a pump in the bottom of the manhole," said Douglas County Sheriff Thomas Dalbec, who said he believes they died one after another as each went down to help Thursday.

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Deaths of 4 Workers Blamed On Toxic Fumes

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