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posted by mrpg on Thursday December 13 2018, @07:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the rip dept.

Two fire technicians at the National Science Foundation's McMurdo Station in Antarctica have been pronounced dead following an incident at a generator building that powers a radio transmitter near the station.

The incident, which still is under investigation, occurred on Dec. 12 local time (McMurdo Station keeps New Zealand time).

NSF is not releasing any personal information about the deceased at this time. Their next of kin have been notified.

The workers were performing preventative maintenance on the building's fire suppression system. They were found unconscious on the building's floor by a helicopter pilot, who landed after seeing what appeared to be smoke coming from the structure. They were removed from the building and CPR was administered. One person was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel who arrived from the McMurdo clinic. The other was flown to the McMurdo clinic and pronounced dead there a short time later.

Two contract employees die in Antarctica


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @08:42PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13 2018, @08:42PM (#774125)

    You are adding all sorts of safety restrictions to the balloon inhalation stunt.
    My point is that almost nobody is EVEN AWARE that they need any.
    I am just doing my bit to educate people that you can indeed pass out from this stunt.
    I think that is important, but hey, what would I know.

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