ANTIOCH, Calif. — Rescuers in Antioch, California, worked into the night Sunday to retrieve a man trapped 15 feet underground in a storm drain.
Officials with the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District confirmed to KTVU that the man, in his mid-30s, emerged “uninjured” just before 9:30 p.m. local time.
After a complex & risky 3 1/2-hour, 50-person effort by Con Fire and East Con Fire -- assisted by AMR & Antioch Public Works & PD -- a mid-30s man has been rescued uninjured from a 16" underground pipe where he had been stuck. Now en route hospital for evaluation. #buchananic pic.twitter.com/C2GpZ2nGX6
— Con Fire PIO (@ContraCostaFire) March 21, 2022
The man, who was transported to an area hospital for evaluation, spent about three-and-a-half hours trapped inside a 16-inch pipe, KABC-TV reported.
According to KTVU, four firefighters reached “underground space” where the victim was trapped at about 8:40 p.m., but fire officials said that the “complex and risky” rescue had to be taken slowly.
The rescue effort attracted roughly 50 rescue workers from multiple agencies, KABC-TV reported.
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