One person had been left hanging by harness and the other was stuck on the leaning scaffold at Q and 15 streets, the Sacramento Fire Department said.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento fire crews rescued two people from the top of an eight-story building after a scaffold broke Wednesday morning downtown, authorities said.

One person had been left hanging by a harness, and the other was stuck on the leaning scaffold around 9:15 a.m. at Q and 15 streets, per Sacramento Fire Department spokesman Capt. Justin Sylvia.

No one was injured, Sylvia said.

There was some kind of break to the platform they were on, and the platform slowly started to slip, he said.

During the rescue, construction workers reportedly put up netting, and SMUD arrived to shut down power lines so there was no electricity risk using the ladder.

Rescuers on top of the building tried to help the person on the platform while another rescue attempted to lower the person who was dangling, Sylvia said.


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