LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two Los Angeles firefighters are safe, after climbing out of a fire truck that sank into a large hole caused by a burst water main.
A fire department spokesman says the captain and engineer were responding to a break in a 6-inch pipe break on a residential street. They were backing up the 22-ton engine when its front end fell into a sinkhole.
A city water and power spokeswoman says water was turned off while tow trucks prepared to pull the engine out of the hole.
It's not clear if today's water main incident is related to another one nearby over the weekend. The rupture in Studio City on Saturday swept cars down streets, forced people out of their homes and flooded a major boulevard.
