By MORGAN LEE and AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press

A gas exposure incident at a dairy in a rural Colorado farming community killed six people, including a high school student, authorities said Thursday.

Investigators are looking into what kind of gases may have played a role in the deaths Wednesday at Prospect Valley Dairy in Keenesburg , about 35 miles northeast of Denver. Crews recovered the bodies in a confined space at the dairy, the Southeast Weld Fire Protection District said.

“We are investigating these deaths as the possible consequence of gas exposure in a confined space,” said Jolene Weiner, chief deputy coroner for Weld County.

The identities of those who died, all males, were being withheld pending notification of the families, Weiner said. A local school district said a h

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