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3 hunters die trying to save dog from cistern filled with sewer gas in Texas

Exposure to hydrogen sulphide can cause headaches, dizziness, loss of balance, nausea and diarrhea


Three hog hunters from Florida are dead after they jumped into an underground cistern to rescue their escaped dog, and authorities believe they died due to inhaling hydrogen sulphide, also known as swamp gas or sewer gas.

The bodies of two men, a woman and a bloodhound were pulled from the tank, which was uncovered and in the middle of a cornfield located outside Austin, Texas. ---More...

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