Worker dies after rescue from Sacramento Costco gas station underground tank
A Berkeley man has died after he was rescued from an underground tank at a Sacramento Costco gas station under construction, authorities say.
Sacramento Fire crews responded to the scene along Expo Parkway a little before 11 a.m. Monday after getting reports that a worker was stuck in a three to four-foot cylinder underground.
The fueling station was currently undergoing a remodel and the tanks were empty.
It appears the worker had come into clean the tank and then had some kind of medical episode, possibly from inhaling fumes, Sacramento Fire officials say. Rescue crews pulled the worker out and transported them to the hospital under CPR.
Sacramento Fire has since confirmed that the worker has died.
Tuesday, the Sacramento County Coroner's Office identified the worker as 37-year-old Berkeley resident Ashkan Abbashashemi Moghaddam.
No other details about the incident have been released.