Six people died in a failed rescue inside a sewer well in the town of Blaquier, in the northwest of Buenos Aires. A gas operator fainted from inhaling a toxic gas and five other neighbors went down without protection to try to rescue him.
They believe they had inhaled butane gas. Ricardo Bottega, 60, the town's firefighter, had been hired for a job at a place known as "El cigarro" The other victims are Carlos Reinger, a 39-year-old volunteer firefighter; Alejandro Centeno, 36.