B.C. mayor says workers were doing maintenance when killed at Fernie hockey rink
FERNIE, B.C. — The mayor of a small city in southeastern British Columbia says three workers were doing routine maintenance at the ice rink when they were killed by a suspected ammonia leak.
Fernie Mayor Mary Giuliano has not identified the dead, but says two of them were local residents.
The third was an out-of-town contractor for the company handling maintenance on the ice-making equipment at the Fernie Memorial Arena.
A state of emergency remains in effect in Fernie after the leak, which happened just after noon on Tuesday.