2 construction workers die of carbon monoxide poisoning

2 construction workers die of carbon monoxide poisoning

YOKKAICHI, Japan - Rescue workers at the entrance of an underground industrial pipe in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, on Sept. 7 work to rescue two construction workers who lost consciousness inside the 1.2-kilometer-long pipe. The two were later pronounced dead from carbon monoxide poisoning. (Kyodo)

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