By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:34 EST, 3 October 2012 | UPDATED: 07:45 EST, 4 October 2012 Tragic: Father of two George Falder, 48, was found dead inside a 150C industrial oven at the factory where he worked A factory worker has been found dead in a 150°C industrial oven used to partially cook tyres. Father-of-two George Falder, 48, is believed to have 'died within seconds' after being overcome by the extreme heat when he entered the steam operated machine at a Pirelli tyre factory. An investigation has now been launched into his 'suspicious' death on Sunday evening and police are questioning his colleagues at the plant in Carlisle, Cumbria.
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George Falder, 48, found dead inside the steam operated machine
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Father of two had worked at the Pirelli tyre factory in Carlisle, Cumbria, for nearly eight years
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Post-mortem found no injuries to suggest physical assault before he died
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Police are questioning colleagues at the plant over the 'suspicious' death
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'The circumstances of this tragic event are still unclear and the matter is being investigated by the @placeholder police, with Pirelli’s full support.