Echo Park—Firefighters today rescued a man trapped between two retaining walls in the Echo Park community of Los Angeles, authorities said.
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Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 6:56 a.m. to 1900 block of Montrose Street, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.
“LAFD fire crews and USAR specialists utilized a rope-rescue operation to extricate a male trapped between two retaining walls,” said Lyndsey Lantz of the Los Angeles Fire Department. “No reported injuries secondary to an accidental fall.”
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