Firefighters in California rescue a female who fell into a septic tank
@Deepizzaguy (122379)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
February 10, 2024 3:39pm CST
A female who is a resident of Fontana California needed to be rescued by the San Bernardino firefighters on Thursday morning when she stepped on a sinkhole that was an old septic tank.
The female who was not named fell down 25 feet was still awake when the firefighters answered the emergency call from either an eyewitness or herself.
The San Bernandino County Fire Department's Urban and Search and Rescue team to assist the firefighters to work together to use a pulley system as a firefighter used a rope to go down into the hole and rescue the female who safely taken to the surface safely.
The female was taken by ambulance to a local hospital to be taken care of for her injuries to her lower body from the fall down the hole. Hopefully the female will make a full recovery from her injuries suffered in the accident.
Link is firehouse.com/rescue/technic...
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@celticeagle (190074)
• Boise, Idaho
11 Feb 24
Those should be marked. I bet that was scary for her.
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@celticeagle (190074)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Feb 24
@Deepizzaguy .........Those sinkholes come on suddenly so they probably just haven't had time to put up a sign.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 Feb 24
@celticeagle You are right.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Feb 24
I am in agreement with you that the septic tank should have been marked.
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@ptrikha_2 (49775)
• India
11 Feb 24
A great deed by the firefighters.
Was that sinkhole on a road or somewhere else?
I hope that the female gets well and in fine shape fast.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Feb 24
Probably on a sidewalk or road.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Feb 24
Septic tanks in my opinion are scary to fall into.
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
11 Feb 24
Oh dear what a horrible thing to happen to her.
The firefighters are awesome.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Feb 24
I am in agreement with you that the firefighters are superb when it comes to rescuing persons in need.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Feb 24
I hope so as well that the accident victim makes a speedy recovery.
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@LindaOHio (222987)
• United States
10 Feb 24
Gross. I hope she will recover fully from her injuries.
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@RasmaSandra (98156)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Feb 24
That poor lady must have been scared, I am glad they rescued her,
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Feb 24
I am sure that the accident victim was scared after she fell down the tank.
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@innertalks (23746)
• Australia
11 Feb 24
Perhaps, if there was still mushy muck in the tank it might have broken her fall, but if it was too much muck, she might have sunk deep into it, and drowned in it too. A nasty rescue to make, and perhaps they used their hoses to hose each other off of the slime/sludge on them after that too.
@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
12 Feb 24
Most likely what happened.
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