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HOUSTON – Authorities are working to rescue a person stuck inside a manhole in a southside Houston backyard Friday afternoon.
Details are limited, so it’s unclear how the man got trapped inside the hole, but emergency crews were called to a home on Balkin and Milart Street just before noon.
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At last check, emergency crews confirmed the man is upright and breathing but Houston firefighters are working to get him out.
KPRC 2 will continue to make updates to this story as more information becomes available.
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