Firefighters rescued six people who were trapped inside elevators at a high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles due to a power outage, authorities said Friday.
Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters were called around 9:59 p.m. Thursday to 1260 S. Figueroa St., near Pico Boulevard, regarding an electrical outage at the 37-story building that caused all 14 elevators to become inoperable, said LAFD spokesman Nicholas Prange.
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Firefighters systematically checked each elevator throughout the building and found the trapped victims.
After initially refusing treatment, paramedics took two men to a hospital with non-life-threatening medical complaints.
Power was subsequently restored at the high-rise, Prange said.
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