{"id":456487,"date":"2026-09-07T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456487\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T19:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:25:08","slug":"modesto-firefighters-rescue-man-trapped-20-feet-down-stormwater-vault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/456487\/","title":{"rendered":"Modesto firefighters rescue man trapped 20 feet down stormwater vault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crews used specialized equipment to rescue a man who became trapped about 20 feet down a stormwater vault beneath a bridge in Modesto over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Modesto Fire officials said crews responded late Sunday morning to El Vista Avenue near Encina Avenue for a rescue call.<\/p>\n<p>First responders found the man trapped inside the vault and launched a technical rescue operation.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/modesto-stormwater-vault-rescue.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"modesto-stormwater-vault-rescue.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Scene of the rescue.<\/p>\n<p>                Modesto Fire Department<\/p>\n<p>After just over an hour, crews were able to bring him to safety.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not released details about the man&#8217;s condition.<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crews used specialized equipment to rescue a man who became trapped about 20 feet down a stormwater vault&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[15563,121,123,122],"class_list":["post-456487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-modesto-news","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456487","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=456487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}