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Jun 29, 2009 3:22 pm US/Eastern

NYC Firefighters Try To Rescue 3 Trapped Workers

NEW YORK (CBS) ― New York City firefighters were attempting to rescue three workers who have been reported trapped in a sewage hole in Queens.

A Fire Department spokesman said firefighters were alerted at 2:30 p.m. Monday and sent rescue units to a site on Douglas Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood.

The hole, located at a garbage transfer facility, was reportedly 18 feet deep and is considered a toxic environment.

No other details are immediately available.

Stay with CBS 2 and WCBSTV.com for more information on this developing story.

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