Six people who died in what authorities suspect was exposure to gas at a dairy farm include a 50-year-old father and two sons.

The six people died after a confined space rescue at a dairy in the 32000 block of County Road 18, which is the site of Prospect Valley Dairy.

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Family members told 9NEWS that three of the victims – Jorge Sanchez, and brothers Alejandro and Oscar Espinoza – were working for an electric company and had been dispatched to the Prospect Valley Dairy in Keenesburg on a service call. They said all three electricians died, along with three other people, including a high school student.

The office was notified of an incident at Prospect Valley Dairy — located east of Keenesburg at 32063 Weld County Road 18 — around 6:30 p.m. Aug. 20 and confirmed six deaths had occurred there from a single incident.

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Wednesday’s deaths of six people at a dairy east of Keenesburg are being investigated by the Weld County Coroner’s Office and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration as possible gas exposures in a confined space.

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