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Cicero man dies in Wheeling chemical tank

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Rescue workers attempt to remove the body of a man who died in a chemical tank Thursday at a business in Wheeling.

Wheeling Fire Chief Keith MacIsaac talks to the media as rescue workers attempt to remove the body of a man who died in a chemical tank at a business in Wheeling.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

Rescue workers attempt to remove the body of a man who died in a chemical tank at a business in Wheeling.

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer

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A member of a cleaning crew died Thursday after falling into a storage tank that contained a chemical solvent, Wheeling authorities said. The accident occurred at the Sunnyside Corp., 225 Carpenter Road in Wheeling. The victim was part of a crew hired to clean the tank, Wheeling Fire Chief Keith MacIsaac said. A second member of the cleaning crew, who remained on the outside of the tank, felt faint and was taken to Glenbrook Hospital, but he was expected to recover fully, MacIsaac said.

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