SPRING VALLEY
Firefighters rescued an injured tree trimmer Thursday evening after the man became stuck about 60 to 70 feet in the air when dead palm fronds collapsed on his rigging and leg, authorities said.
The man became stuck about 6:45 p.m. while trimming a Mexican fan palm at a home on Samantha Lane off Sweetwater Road, according to Battalion Chief Justin Fuller from San Miguel Fire & Rescue.
San Miguel Fire & Rescue crews work to save an injured tree trimmer about 70 feet up a palm tree Thursday night in Spring Valley.
(Courtesy of San Miguel Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Justin Fuller)
Fuller called it a “really difficult” and “pretty technical” rescue that required firefighters on two ladders to work together. One group of firefighters were in a bucket at the top of one ladder securing the tree trimmer, while another firefighter was at the top of the other ladder freeing the compressed rope that was holding the tree trimmer down.