OAKLAND — Two males had been hospitalized with critical accidents after falling roughly 75 ft off a roof, down a hillside and right into a gulch, earlier than being rescued by Oakland Hearth Division crews, officers stated.
Round 8:30 a.m., two males who had been engaged on the roof of a house within the 7100 block of Thorndale Drive within the Oakland Hills fell from the roof down a sloping hillside, hitting a patio railing on the way in which down.
After touchdown within the gulch, the boys known as 911 for assist. The primary firefighter crews to reach known as for a particular “heavy rescue” group, and supplied medical care to the 2 males, in keeping with Battalion Chief Anthony Sanders of the Oakland Hearth Division.
Simply after 8AM, E6, E24, E1, T5, R1, & B4 responded to an incident the place 2 employees fell 75 ft from a roof situated within the 7100 block of Thorndale Dr. A technical hillside rescue was efficiently executed. Each injured sufferers had been transported to an area hospital. Nice work. pic.twitter.com/e7wyikmvfy
— Oakland Hearth Division (CA) (@OaklandFireCA) March 7, 2022
The lads had been affected by “some fairly important accidents,” together with damaged bones and bruises, Sanders stated.
“They had been doing a little work on the roof of the home, and we’re undecided precisely how they fell at this level, that’s nonetheless being seemed into,” Sanders stated.
Rescue crews had been in a position to safely descend the hillside, and introduced the boys up in rescue baskets, they usually had been taken to an area hospital, Sanders stated.
“The crews did an distinctive job and had been very pleased with the work they did,” Sanders stated.
An replace on the boys’s situation was not instantly accessible Monday evening.