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The 46-year-old man, Marco Bettolini, drowned in the vat after he became dizzy from the poisonous gases.

As per the reports, while helping his colleague, Marco Bettolini lost balance and fell into the vat.

Marco Bettolini leapt into the tank when he saw co-worker Alberto Pin had fainted at the Ca di Rajo winery in the Province of Treviso, in the Italian region Veneto, on Thursday last week.

Toxic fumes - like carbon monoxide and nitrogen - produced during winemaking can be deadly in enclosed spaces, especially when produced in large quantities - and neither man had been wearing a respirator

Tributes have been paid to an Italian winemaker who died trying to save a colleague who had been overcome by noxious gas.

A Treviso winemaker has died after attempting to save a colleague who had fainted in a wine vat, according to reports.

An Italian winemaker was found dead in a vat of prosecco after he attempted to save a colleague who became unwell from fermentation fumes.

A winemaker in Italy has died while trying to save his colleague who had passed out in a wine vat, according to Italy’s fire brigade. Authorities responded to the emergency call yesterday at the Ca’di Rajo winery in San Polo di Piave, in the city of Treviso in northern Italy. According to the fire brigade, the man in his forties was trying to save his colleague who had fainted from …

Marco Bettolini, 46, was reaching for his colleague Alberto Pin, 31, when he was overcome with dizziness and lost his balance, falling into a vat of wine.

A winemaker in Italy has died while trying to save his colleague who had passed out in wine vat, according to Italy’s fire brigade.