Firefighters on Thursday rescued a tree trimmer stuck 40 feet high in a North Hollywood palm tree due to equipment failure, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.
The 26-year-old man was brought to the ground on the 11900 block of Hart Street using ladders and a rope system, according to the LAFD.
He was not injured.
Los Angeles firefighters work on rescuing a tree trimmer whose equipment failed, leaving him stuck in a tree 40 feet off the ground Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, on the 11900 block of Hart Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Contributing Photographer)Los Angeles firefighters work on rescuing a tree trimmer whose equipment failed, leaving him stuck in a tree 40 feet off the ground Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, on the 11900 block of Hart Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Contributing Photographer)Los Angeles firefighters work on rescuing a tree trimmer whose equipment failed, leaving him stuck in a tree 40 feet off the ground Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, on the 11900 block of Hart Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Contributing Photographer)Los Angeles firefighters work on rescuing a tree trimmer whose equipment failed, leaving him stuck in a tree 40 feet off the ground Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, on the 11900 block of Hart Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Contributing Photographer)
