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Tunnel Collapse in Los Angeles Traps 31 workers, All Rescued

The Los Angeles Fire Department deployed rescue teams to the accident site to save 15 workers trapped after the incident.

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At Least 15 People Trapped After Tunnel Collapse in Los Angeles

A tunnel collapse in Wilmington, Los Angeles at around 8:00 pm on Wednesday trapped 31 workers. A massive rescue operation was launched by the Los Angeles Fire Department following the same, and all of them were safely rescued. 

As per reports, approxiamately 100 LAFD rescuers were sent to the site immediately after the incident was reported at around 8:45 pm. Several ambulances were called on the site to aid in the rescue operations which ended to a fruitful result. 

While the investigations have been launched into the incident, it remains unclear about the cause of the accident and how many workers are trapped in there.  No injuries were reported and all the workers were safely rescued. 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="100%"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Update - per <a href="https://twitter.com/LAFD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LAFD</a> officials, 31 workers have been successfully rescued and there are no people missing at this point 🙏 <a href="https://t.co/bBYUfbclGB">pic.twitter.com/bBYUfbclGB</a></p>&mdash; LA City Local 112 (@UFLAC) <a href="https://twitter.com/UFLAC/status/1943184555172860085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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