Construction worker rescued after being trapped for hours in deep trench at Los Feliz home

Construction worker trapped in trench for 6 hours

Firefighters in Los Feliz were able to rescue a construction worker who had been trapped in a trench for six hours. He was taken to the hospital.

LOS ANGELES - 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."

Man trapped in deep trench in Los Feliz

A construction worker was rescued after being trapped for hours in a deep trench at a Los Feliz home.

Man trapped in trench in Los Feliz

Crews are working to rescue a man trapped in a deep trench in Los Feliz.

Footage from SkyFOX showed the man digging and helping firefighters.

"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. According to the fire department, two LAFD rescuers were treated at the scene for heat exhaustion, with one later taken to a hospital for further evaluation.

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