Man trapped 25 feet underground rescued in Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A antheral trapped 25 feet underneath the crushed was rescued by Fresno firefighters aboriginal Thursday morning.

According to the Fresno Fire Department, the antheral fell into a drainage tube on Highway 99 adjacent Island Waterpark Drive astir 2:45 a.m.

Using a operation of enactment systems and confined abstraction rescue techniques, Fresno Fire says their Urban Search and Rescue Team was capable to rescue the man; crews accidental the rescue took implicit an hour.

Fire officials accidental the antheral was injured from the autumn and was transported to a section infirmary for treatment.

The grade of the man's injuries is unknown; his individuality has not been officially released.