San Francisco fire officials rescue man trapped inside garbage truck

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San Francisco fire officials manually hollowed out a garbage truck early on Wednesday to rescue a man trapped inside. Firefighters were dispatched around 4.11am after receiving a report of an individual stuck inside a Recology dumpster truck, authorities said. Bystanders had alerted the driver to screams emanating from within the vehicle. To prevent any further injuries, instead of dumping out the truck’s contents, emergency responders dug out the trash to locate the person. In a video posted to social media, a crew of firefighters stood among heaps of trash and debris as a man was lifted out of the truck onto a stretcher. The man, who has not been publicly…

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