Firefighters said the man was trapped by soil up to his waist in the 8-foot-deep trench for over six hours.
After six hours, a construction worker was finally rescued from an 8-foot-deep trench at the back of a home in Los Feliz Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.Firefighters responded to a hillside home in the 2300 block of North Catalina Street around 10:50 a.m. The man was finally freed from the trench just before 5 p.m. Firefighters said the man remained conscious and alert as he was trapped by soil "up to a point at or above his waist.
"Firefighters and Paramedics have stabilized the trench walls, patient and overall construction site, to allow LAFD responders specially trained and equipped in confined space operations, to swiftly commence the high risk rescue within the trench," officials said in a statement. Dozens of firefighters worked for hours in triple-digit temps to free the man. It is unclear how he got trapped in the trench. He was taken to a local hospital in serious condition.
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