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Seattle Firefighters Treat 2nd Patient in Two Weeks Injured in Off-Limits Area of Gas Works Park

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May 25—Seattle Fire Paramedics transported a second man in two weeks to Harborview Medical Center after falling off of an abandoned fuel tank at Gas Works Park.

At 12:51 a.m., Seattle Firefighters were called to an off-limits area of Gas Works Park for reports of a man who was injured after falling from a structure at the park. Firefighters arrived to find a 19-year-old man on the ground with several fractures and possible internal injuries. The young man had fallen from an estimated distance of 30 feet on the north side of a fuel tank. The area the man was climbing in was cordoned off with razor wire fencing and no trespassing signs.

Medics transported the man to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.

On Saturday May 12 at 2 a.m., firefighters responded to a fenced-off area of the park to an injured 25-year-old man who fell 10-15 feet off an abandoned fuel tank. Firefighters had to use stokes basket to rescue the man from a metal platform that was about 50 feet off the ground.

Seattle Fire Paramedics transported the 25-year-old to Harborview Medical Center in stable condition with a broken leg.

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High Angle Rope Rescue at Gas Works Park by Seattle Firefighters

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May 12—Seattle Firefighters rescued a 25-year-old man off of an abandoned fuel tank at Gas Work Park this morning.

At 2 a.m., firefighters were called to a fenced-off area of the park that is surrounded by razor wire. A male had made his way pass the “No Trespassing” signs and climbed up a staircase to the top of the tank. On his descent, he apparently fell through missing steps and dropped 10 to 15 feet. The man fell onto a metal platform and broke his leg.

Ladder Company 9 used it’s aerial to reach the patient. Firefighters stabilized the patient and put him into a stokes basket to be lifted down to the ground. The man was rescued from about 50 feet off the ground.

Seattle Fire Department Medics were waiting at the ground and transported the patient to Harborview Medical Center in stable condition.