In 100-degree heat, Los Angeles firefighters rescue worker trapped in trench

  • Source: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles
  • Published: 09/06/2024 12:00 AM

VIDEO: After nearly six hours, Los Angeles firefighters saved a construction worker who fell into an 8-foot deep trench in Los Feliz — a rescue mission carried out during a sweltering, triple-digit heat wave. The man was left in serious condition and had to be taken to a hospital by paramedics while two firefighters were treated at the scene for heat exhaustion, with one ultimately taken to a hospital, according to the LA Fire Department. When firefighters responded just before 11 a.m., the man was conscious and alert but was surrounded by dirt up to his shoulders inside a trench in the back of a hillside home, the LA Fire Department said in an alert Thursday morning. He was at a construction site at a house in the 2300 block of Catalina Street.



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