More than 30 workers were rescued after the Los Angeles tunnel collapsed

Officials breathe a sigh of relief after more than 30 building workers in an industrial tunnel in Los Angeles I reached safety after a partial collapse.

The cave occurred between the boring tunnel machine 5 miles from the entrance and the construction workers who were working 6 miles away.

The workers, who were about 400 feet underground, rushed over loose soil at a height of more than 12 feet to reach the tunnel boredom machine and then transferred to the opening. Air footage showed workers out of the tunnel in a yellow cage by a crane.

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The authorities said that any of those who were rescued were severely injured.

“Everyone is safe. Thank you for the first respondents in Los Angeles and for people all over our city who work every day to improve Los Angeles,” Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass Books on X.

Speaking at a press conference, Bass said she met some workers.

“All the men who were in this tunnel: they were rescued, safe. We have had the opportunity to talk to them. We have had the opportunity to make sure they were able to reach their family members.” “Their family knew that they were safe. There were many anxious family members who were waiting here to make sure that their relatives were fine. We talked to the paramedics while the paramedics examined men when they appeared. I just have to tell you that we are all blessed today in Los Angeles.”

Bass praised the first respondents as “the real heroes” in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles City Council member Tim McCosker praised the workers for maintaining their wonderful heads.

“This is a very technical and difficult project. They knew exactly what to do. They knew how to secure themselves,” he said. “Praise be to God for the good people who fell in the tunnel.”

The tunnel, which is almost fully built under the right to general access, is 18 feet and will reach 7 miles to carry treated wastewater from all over the Los Angeles Province to the Pacific Ocean.

The $ 700 million project is supervised by the sewage areas in Los Angeles Province.

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the The cause of collapse Under investigation. The authorities said that the work will not resume until the project contractor will establish what happened and the site is considered safe.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.