LAIT911 | Incident Details

[VERIFIED] 31 persons, all believed to be tunnel workers, have been safely removed from the tunnel alive without visible injury. None are missing. The collapse of the 18' diameter tunnel, being constructed for municipal wastewater management, occurred at an underground (undetermined depth) horizontal excavation site about 5 to 6 miles south of the sole entry/rescue access portal. The precise number of workers trapped behind the collapse has yet to confirmed. Preliminary reports are that the trapped workers were able to scramble with some effort over a 12-15' tall (undetermined length) pile of loose soil, to meet several coworkers on the other side of the collapse, and be shuttled several at a time by tunnel vehicle to the entry/access point more than five miles distant. LAFD Public Information Officer Captain Cody Weireter is available to media at the scene.

[VERIFIED] LAFD IC confirming all patients have been extricated. Most LAFD resources will be making themselves available shortly aside from 10 ambulances and 2 engine companies.

07-09-25 09:42 PM | jfm |

[VERIFIED] IC reporting there was a total of 31 victims in the hole, and all are accounted for and top-side.

07-09-25 09:14 PM | jfm |

[VERIFIED] LAFD reporting all previously trapped personnel are top-side. LAFD is working to CONFIRM everyone is accounted for. Most injuries currently are minor.

07-09-25 09:04 PM | jfm |

[VERIFIED] Workers are reporting that they have a full headcount coming out of the tunnel. LAFD is working to confirm that. Work crews are only able to transport ~8 people at a time.

07-09-25 08:56 PM | jfm |

[VERIFIED] LAFD Incident Command is requesting an additional 10 paramedic rescues be assigned to the incident.

07-09-25 08:53 PM | jfm |

[VERIFIED] LAFD reporting 28 people are within the shaft total, not all are considered victims, some have air masks and are making their way out.

07-09-25 08:38 PM | jfm |

[VERIFIED] LAFD reporting that the crews lost communication with those potentially trapped in the tunnel.

07-09-25 08:29 PM | jfm |

[VERIFIED] PRELIM: As many as 15 tunnel workers have been initially reported isolated by a "collapse" in an (undetermined depth or diameter) industrial tunnel as many as six miles south from the response address, which is the sole tunnel access. No injuries have been confirmed. More than 100 LAFD responders are assigned, including LAFD Urban Search and Rescue team members specially trained, certified and equipped to handle confined space tunnel rescues. Media: LAFD Public Information Officer Captain Cody Weireter is en route. ETA 9:00 PM.

[VERIFIED] LAFD reporting that there was a tunnel collapse approximately 6 miles in. Construction crew and LAFD are attempting to determine number of patients.

07-09-25 08:19 PM | jfm |

[VERIFIED] LAFD on scene reporting a tunnel collapse @ Construction Site, possible 10 victims trapped,