The tragedy occurred at the Ca'di Rajo winery in San Polo di Piave, in the province of Treviso.
Two workers were scheduled to clean the element tanks, but at some point one of the inhaled wine vapors lost consciousness and fell to the floor. 47-year-old winemaker Marco Bettolini realized that My colleague had been gone for a long time, so I went to see what happened there. When I realized the scale of the tragedy, he rushed to save his colleague and pulled him away from the edge tank, but also lost consciousness and fell to the bottom of the tank.
The first victim of the fumes was in critical condition at this time. condition. There was no one to help Marco and he drowned in the remains of wine at the bottom of the tank.
Simone Cecchetto, the owner of the company, has already stated that an investigation is carried out and the surviving worker will be provided with all necessary help. Chief Prosecutor Marco Martani said that the collected preliminary information suggests that “no one should enter this autoclave without protective equipment.”