Firefighters are trying to rescue a worker who is trapped in a trench in Los Feliz, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Amid an intense heat wave, firefighters are trying to rescue a worker who is trapped in a trench in Los Feliz, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.The worker is conscious and alert but is trapped by soil that's up to his waist and possibly even higher, inside an 8-foot deep trench in the back of a hillside home in the Los Angeles neighborhood,
said in an alert at 11:15 a.m. Thursday. As he remained trapped underground, temperatures in the area were about 99 degrees at the time, according to the National Weather Service.At 11:18 a.m., aerial footage shows at least a dozen firefighters shoveling up dirt at the construction site, trying to reach the man.
said they had managed to stabilize the trench's walls, and first responders who specialize in working in confined spaces were at the scene.More than an hour later, around 12:45 p.m., firefighters were still trying to rescue the man â sending down some sort of hose-like tube into the trench.The rescue mission was being carried out amid an intense heat wave. with the temperature in Los Feliz about 96 degrees at 11:20 a.m. before rising to 99 degrees at 12:45 p.m.
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