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Firefighters were called to a business on the 200 block of Frelinghuysen Avenue around 3:55 p.m., Newark Public Safety Director Fritz Fragé said.
Newark Firefighters and members of the Newark Police Emergency Services Unit moved the container, freeing the victim, who was pronounced dead at 4:50 p.m.
The incident remains under investigation, but foul play is not suspected, police said. It was not immediately clear whether or not this was an industrial accident.
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