THREE people are fighting for their lives after being overcome by fumes while cleaning a tank at a Victorian dairy farm, with another seven who rushed to their aid also affected.
The three became ill as one man was using an ammonium cleaning agent to clean the tank, which contained stockfeed.
Others who went to help, along with two police officers and at least one paramedic, were also affected by the fumes at the Cloverlea property, near Warragul in the state's east.
Ambulance Victoria said the man cleaning with ammonium was the first to be overcome by a lack of oxygen.
"The chemical is not toxic, but it does replace the oxygen in the tank," Air Ambulance operations manager Paul Holman said.
"A number of other people have been overcome. They were all very sick ... in a low-oxygen environment."
The seven people injured while offering aid were taken to the Warragul hospital in serious but stable conditions.
Mr Holman said they suffered from nausea due to the smell of the chemical.
The trio in a critical condition were flown to Melbourne hospitals.
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