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| Two dead in fumes alert on barge | Two dead in fumes alert on barge |
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| Two men have died and a third has been airlifted to hospital after they were overcome by fumes on board a barge on a sea loch near Oban in Argyll. | Two men have died and a third has been airlifted to hospital after they were overcome by fumes on board a barge on a sea loch near Oban in Argyll. |
| Coastguard rescue teams were called to Loch Creran at about 1150 BST. A Royal Navy helicopter from Prestwick was also scrambled. | Coastguard rescue teams were called to Loch Creran at about 1150 BST. A Royal Navy helicopter from Prestwick was also scrambled. |
| The injured worker was flown to Lorn and Isles Hospital in Oban. | |
| A rescue operation was launched after reports that three men were unconscious on the fish farm vessel. | A rescue operation was launched after reports that three men were unconscious on the fish farm vessel. |
| The boat was moored on Loch Creran when the alarm was raised. | |
| A Strathclyde Police spokeswoman said: "At 11.50am emergency services were called to a report of an industrial incident involving three men in the Rhugarbh area of Loch Creran. | A Strathclyde Police spokeswoman said: "At 11.50am emergency services were called to a report of an industrial incident involving three men in the Rhugarbh area of Loch Creran. |
| "Police, coastguard, Oban lifeboat, air rescue and Strathclyde Fire and Rescue are in attendance. | |
| "It is being treated very seriously." | "It is being treated very seriously." |
| Noxious fumes | |
| A Clyde Coastguard spokesman added: "We believe there were three people who had | |
| fallen into the hold of a barge. | |
| "The initial report was that all three were in the tank space of the hold and were unconscious. | |
| "It was thought there was some risk of noxious fumes and there was also a report of two of the men being overcome by fumes and one who was injured. | |
| "One of the men who was recovered was taken to hospital. The other two were fatalities." |