{"id":861476,"date":"2025-07-10T19:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/us-news-fifteen-workers-trapped-in-wilmington-tunnel-collapse-in-los-angeles\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T19:12:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T00:12:55","slug":"us-news-fifteen-workers-trapped-in-wilmington-tunnel-collapse-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/10\/us-news-fifteen-workers-trapped-in-wilmington-tunnel-collapse-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"US news: Fifteen workers trapped in Wilmington tunnel collapse in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Thirty-one workers were safely evacuated from an industrial tunnel under construction in Wilmington, Los Angeles, after a section of it collapsed on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place roughly 8 to 9.7 kilometres from the tunnel\u2019s only entrance, located in an industrial area of the city. Aerial footage from local news outlets showed workers being hoisted up through the entrance point, <i>AP<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n<p>After the collapse, some workers managed to climb over a 12 to 15-foot mound of loose soil to reach their colleagues on the other side. The group was then transported in stages to the tunnel entrance using a tunnel vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The collapse happened about six miles (10 km) south of the tunnel&#8217;s only access, LAFD said, adding that more than 100 responders were assigned to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City of Los Angeles has mobilized resources to the tunnel collapse in Wilmington,\u201d Mayor Karen Bass said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>The tunnel is under construction to eventually carry wastewater. It&#8217;s 18 feet wide, LAFD said.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 LAFD workers were assigned to the scene, including those who specialise in rescues from confined spaces.<\/p>\n<p><i>(With inputs from AP)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/us-news\/us-news-fifteen-workers-trapped-in-wilmington-tunnel-collapse-in-los-angeles-lafd-11752121993184.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><br \/>\n Tyisha Noren<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirty-one workers were safely evacuated from an industrial tunnel under construction in Wilmington, Los Angeles, after a section of it collapsed on Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD). The incident took place roughly 8 to 9.7 kilometres from the tunnel\u2019s only entrance, located in an industrial area of the city. Aerial footage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":861477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95084,198],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-861476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fifteen","category-workers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}