(KDVR) – Six people are dead after what officials in Colorado described as a "dairy accident" on Wednesday.

Officials from the Southeast Weld Fire Protection District responded to a "confined space rescue" at Prospect Ranch in Keenesburg at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from the agency.

Responding crews arrived and prepared to conduct rescue operations, but "recovered six deceased individuals from the space" instead.

The Weld County Coroner's Office said that all of the victims were male and that their names and ages will be released after they are identified and next-of-kin have been notified.

The Weld RE-9 School District, meanwhile, has already identified one of the victims as a student in the district.

"The Weld Re-9 School District is deeply saddened to

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