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At 2:20 p.m. on Thursday there was an incident involving seven customer contractors working on a fire suppression system at the Port of Brownsville.

The contractors were on board a vessel currently under repair at Keppel AmFELS.

They had been overcome by carbon dioxide.

The sites safety personnel  quickly responded to help and contacted EMS.

They were transported to local hospitals and are in stable condition.