A man fell ten feet into an abandoned grain silo south of downtown Fort Worth, officials said. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
FORT WORTH, Texas — A man is in serious condition after he fell ten feet into an abandoned grain silo south of downtown Fort Worth, officials said.
Officers responded to a call from a man who had fallen inside the abandoned silos around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 1937 S. Main Street, according to a press release from the Fort Worth Fire Department.
Officers on the scene called for a high-angle response and the man was located several stories up inside the silos, the release states. Accessing the man was challenging but fire department medics were able to treat him where he was found, officials said.
The Fort Worth Fire Department’s technical rescue team arrived and the man was hoisted from his location using ropes and was brought outside through a 5th-story window. He got out of the silo around 2 a.m., according to fire department officials on the scene.
He was taken to a local hospital and is listed in serious condition, the release states.
A different abandoned grain silo in South Fort Worth was recently tapped for demolition by the city, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In March, the Building Standards Commission voted unanimously to order that the silos be demolished, ruling that those silos are substandard and hazardous.