Six people, including a high school student, died in a "dairy accident" at a farm in rural Colorado on Wednesday.

The Southeast Weld Fire Protection District said its crews were dispatched to the 32000 block of Weld County Road 18 around 6 p.m. for a "confined space rescue." The address where the incident occurred belongs to Prospect Valley Dairy, located northeast of Denver.

When they arrived, crews entered the confined space to begin the rescue efforts. However, they found six deceased individuals whose bodies were recovered.

The Weld County Coroner’s Office confirmed all were male, but their names and ages have not been released.

"The Weld County Coroner’s Office is investigating these deaths as possibly being the result of gas exposure in a confined space; however, final cause and

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