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Iowa man dies after getting trapped in a grain bin
Published October 12, 2023
A northern Iowa man has died after getting trapped inside a grain bin.
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Mitchell County Sheriff Gregory Beaver said in a Facebook posting that officers responded to a 911 call Wednesday afternoon at a grain bin. First responders arrived to find 69-year-old Dennis Ray Fischer of Mitchell trapped in the bin.
Dennis Ray Fischer, 69, of Mitchell, Iowa, reportedly died after becoming trapped in a grain bin.
Rescuers tried "for an extended period of time" to free Fischer. He was pronounced dead at the scene. It wasn't immediately clear how Fischer became trapped.
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Beaver urged farmers at harvest time to be aware of the danger of becoming trapped in a grain bin.
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