Firefighters worked for six hours in excessive heat to rescue a man who was stuck in an eight-foot-deep trench in Los Angeles on Thursday, September 5.The construction worker had fallen into the trench at the back of a hillside home in Los Feliz and was surrounded by soil above his waist when rescue crews arrived at the scene.Dozens of firefighters worked for hours in dangerously hot conditions to free him.The man was taken to hospital in serious condition but was ‘conscious and alert’, according to Los Angeles Fire Department Public Information Officer Erik Scott.Two rescuers were treated at the scene for heat exhaustion, with one taken to hospital for further evaluation, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. Credit: Erik Scott via Storyful