BREAKING NEWS: Workers trapped in Torrance trench; Rescue underway
Both men were alert and talking, but pinned against scaffolding. Dirt was up to one man's chest. The other was covered to his waist about eight to 10 feet down, Torrance fire Capt. Steve Deuel said.
Firefighters were removing dirt and monitoring the men's condition. Each man was wearing an oxygen mask.
The accident happened about 6 p.m. at a Shell service station at 190th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard.
"It's a big excavation project at the gas station," Deuel said.
"We are in the middle of doing a very delicate extrication process of moving dirt," Deuel said.
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