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Donated tool helps crews rescue man from grain bin

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NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — A donated rescue tool helped firefighters save the life of an Iowa man who became trapped in a grain bin south of Newton last week.

The Des Moines Register reports (http://dmreg.co/1qOwMT7 ) the roughly $3,000 grain bin rescue tube that the Kellogg Township Fire Department owns helped keep Tuesday’s accident from becoming fatal.

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