Abseiler rescued from toxic mine
shaft
Otago fire crews wearing breathing apparatus managed to rescue an
abseiler who was overcome by toxic fumes in a former mine shaft in
Kaitangata, 6 miles south of Balclutha, 2 others in the party managed
to raise the alarm.
The "black air" atmosphere of the shaft, last worked 35 years ago, may
have featured pockets of methane gas.
Source: SafetyNews (www.safetynews.co.uk)
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