A terrible diet and room with no ventilation are
being blamed for the death of a man who was killed by his own gas.
There was no mark on his body but autopsy showed large amounts of
methane gas in his system. His diet had consisted primarily of beans
and cabbage (and a couple of other things). It was just the right
combination of foods. It appears that the man died in his sleep from
breathing the poisonous cloud that was hanging over his bed. Had he
been outside or had his windows been opened, it wouldn't have been
fatal. But the man was shut up in his near airtight bedroom. He was
". . . a big man with a huge capacity for creating [this deadly gas]."
Three of the rescuers got sick and one was hospitalized.