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20-Foot Fall Hospitalizes Wastewater Contractor In Ephrata, Police Say (Update)
A man was rescued from a tank at Ephrata Borough Authority’s wastewater treatment plant, authorities said.
The 30-year-old man working as a contractor on a rehabilitation project plummeted into an empty concrete tank approximately 20 feet down around 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 25, 2023, authorities said.
"Medical professionals used ladders to descend into the tank and treated the man inside, while crews outside prepared to (extricate) him, which took over an hour," police stated in a release around 6 p.m., adding, "Local fire companies worked together and lifted the patient out of the t…
Ephrata Man Hospitalized After Rescuing Roommate From Fire: Police
A man has been hospitalized after "pulling his roommate from the smoke-charged first-floor apartment," Ephrata police say.
The fire broke out in the fire floor apartment in the 300 Block of West Main Street, Ephrata Borough on Tuesday, Dec. 20, at 7:22 p.m., according to a release by the police department the following day,
After crews learned there was possible entrapment, the Ephrata police department, ambulance, Pioneer Fire Company, and local mutual aid fire departments were dispatched.
"The first arriving police officer and firefighter assisted a resident" with the rescue of the…
