{"id":451099,"date":"2026-09-02T13:54:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/451099\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:54:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T13:54:54","slug":"san-francisco-firefighters-rescue-dumpster-diver-stuck-in-recology-garbage-truck-in-tenderloin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/451099\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco firefighters rescue dumpster diver stuck in Recology garbage truck in Tenderloin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gloria Rodr\u00edguez Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11611779_GLORIA-RODRIGUEZ---TALENT--160X200-FOR-WEB.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 2, 2026 1:51PM<\/p>\n<p>Stream local breaking news and original programming, live 24\/7, from ABC7 Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) &#8212; Firefighters rescued and removed someone stuck inside a garbage truck in San Francisco Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The operation happened in the Tenderloin neighborhood at 100 Mason St., where crews worked for two hours to remove the man. He was taken to the hospital, and the extent of his injuries is unclear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Fire officials say the person stuck was dumpster diving and going through the trash when the Recology truck picked up the dumpster after 4 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Yelling was heard inside the garbage area as the trash was being compacted and the driver was flagged down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">One firefighter also cut their hand on something in the trash and was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Stay with ABC7 News for updates on this developing story.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, September 2, 2026 1:51PM Stream local breaking news and original programming, live 24\/7, from ABC7 Bay Area.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[178346,101,103,102,104,106,105],"class_list":["post-451099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-178346","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}