One flue over the cuckoo’s nest! California woman spends one hour stuck head-first down CHIMNEY after getting locked out during family argument
A San Diego woman who was locked out of her home during a family quarrel became trapped head-first in a chimney after attempting to slide down the flue into the residence.
Before she attempted the unorthodox break-in, the 31-year-old was hurling objects off the rooftop Sunday shortly before 5 下午, 警察说.
By the time cops arrived, the situation had escalated as the unidentified woman was trapped in the middle of the chimney, OnScene.TV reported.
She was extricated from the predicament by firefighters after being stuck for about an hour, and transferred to a local hospital for a psychological evaluation.
Video from the scene showed firefighters discussing how to carry out the rescue at the brick bungalow in the city’s Paradise Hills neighborhood.
A San Diego rescue crew was tasked with extricating a 31-year-old woman from a chimney after she attempted to break into the home through the flue during a family quarrel
About an hour after being stuck, crews were able to free her by using a tripod, rope, and wench system and hoisting her back to the rooftop
Once freed, the woman was gently lowered to the ground and transferred to a waiting ambulance
Once they’d established a strategy, crews gently hoisted the woman back up the chimney and transported her via stretcher to a waiting ambulance.
San Diego Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Tommy Charpentier said when crews initially arrived, they confirmed the woman was stuck upside down in the flue, with her feet sticking up.
Her head was about six feet off the ground, and she was about 10 feet from the top of the chimney, 他说.
She was transferred to hospital, where she underwent a psychiatric evaluation
‘We had crews put a plan into place and started working multiple angles,’ Charpentier told OnScene.TV.
‘We had crews inside that were attempting to breach the wall to access her, as well as crews go to the roof of the house and use a tripod and a rope and wench system. And that’s how we ended up getting her out.’
He said that the situation is tricky because they wanted to rescue the women quickly, but did not want to compromise her safety with a rushed job.
The extent of her injuries were unknown.
It wasn’t the first time a woman tried – 海龟挣扎着爬上漂浮的原木 – to sneak into her house through the chimney.
但我的体重开始变得可笑地失控。' 莎伦, an 18-year-old Nevada woman who was locked out of her home tried to gain access via the chute, only to get stuck.
She was also rescued by local fire crews using a similar rope extraction procedure.
