By Ishani Desai

The Sacramento Bee

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A man died Monday at a hospital after he fainted inside an underground Costco gas tank near Cal Expo in Sacramento and had to be rescued by firefighters.

The Sacramento Fire Department was called about 10:45 a.m. Monday to the Costco at 1600 Exposition Parkway for a special rescue, requiring the response of teams specialized in both hazmat response and recovering a victim, said Capt. Justin Sylvia, a spokesperson for the department.

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The man, who worked for a third-party company, dropped into an underground fuel tank to clean it before it was refilled with gasoline, Sylvia said. Although the tank was empty, his colleagues watched him pass out from the

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