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Rescue mission underway for horse trapped in neck-deep sinkhole in San Fernando Valley

Bernie Goldberg
Last updated: 2024/02/22 at 12:06 AM
Bernie Goldberg Published February 22, 2024
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A horse remained trapped in neck-deep soil in a San Fernando Valley yard Wednesday afternoon — now caught for greater than three hours — after a sinkhole nearly swallowed the animal, in keeping with officers responding to the scene.

Greater than 60 firefighters are working to rescue the 20-year-old Paso Fino horse named “Fortunate,” bringing in heavy tools to attempt to end the “swift however delicate rescue effort,” in keeping with the Los Angeles Hearth Division.

“We’re hoping that she lives as much as her title,” mentioned LAFD Capt. Erik Scott.

As of three p.m. Wednesday, Scott mentioned officers had been nonetheless working to securely pull out the horse, which seemed to be standing up beneath what officers described as mushy soil. The horse, weighing an estimated 1,200 kilos, grew to become trapped round midday in Lake View Terrace close to Sylmar.

Firefighters, working with officers from the town’s Division of Animal Providers, introduced in an excavator to attempt to take away soil from across the horse, and had been ready on a truck with an industrial vacuum to make sure that eliminated soil doesn’t proceed to envelop the horse, Scott mentioned.

They’d been working with hand instruments, similar to shovels and straps to attempt to take away the horse.

Officers mentioned Fortunate remained “aware and alert in minimal to reasonable misery,” officers mentioned.

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