Coast Guard Probes Methane-Suspected Confined-Space Deaths of Two Tugboat Crew on Alaska Barge
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The Coast Guard is investigating a confined-space incident on a barge off Alaska that left two tugboat crew members dead and two others escaped after four crew entered the compartment while securing the barge ahead of an approaching storm. Family members say Coast Guard officials told them the space had high methane levels, though the service has not publicly confirmed that; one body was recovered at sea and the second after the barge was towed to Ketchikan and made safe, and one victim was identified as 28-year-old Sidney “Sid” Mohorovich.
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