Los Angeles firefighters on Saturday were forced to cut a hole through the floor of a house in Northridge after the owner said he had not heard from the plumber who had entered the crawlspace three hours earlier to make some repairs. Turned out the plumber was just sleeping, Fox 11 reports.
“LAFD crews, including those specially trained and equipped in Urban Search and Rescue arrived quickly to ventilate and monitor the enclosed environment, and soon visibly noted a small portion of the still unresponsive worker’s body at a distance,” said LAFD spokesman Brian Humphrey.
“Firefighters cutting the second of two holes in the home’s floor with chainsaws to gain best access, and to assist in his efficient removal, awakened the sleeping worker, who soon thereafter crawled from the crawlspace uninjured.” EMTs checked on the plumber and determined he was sleepy.