Rescuers work to free man trapped in sugar silo in Montana, reports say
BILLINGS, Mont. – Emergency crews worked Friday to rescue a man who got stuck in a sugar silo in Billings, according to multiple reports.
The man became trapped at about 7:30 a.m. in a silo at the Western Sugar Co-Op, Fire Battalion Chief Keven Bentz told the Billings Gazette. Bentz told KTVQ that the man, who was identified as an employee of the company, was “alive, awake and breathing” as the rescuers worked to free him Friday.
It was not immediately clear how the man became stuck in the silo. Bentz told KTVQ that the rescue operation was likely to be “long, labor intensive and careful,” as the sugar in the silo was so fine that it was filling the area around the man anytime officials tried to move it.
Police asked people to stay away from the area as the rescue continued.
