美国坦帕市(佛罗里达州):本周四早晨,坦帕市两名搬家工人被困在一座12层办公楼的电梯中,当地消防员表示当时还有浓烟从办公楼顶层冒出。
这两名工人当时被困在10层和11层之间,那里是一个航空行政中心办公室所在楼层。
随后抵达的消防员去寻找冒烟的源头,另一些人去救电梯受困者,当时两名工人通过朝电梯门外大声呼救通知听到的人联系救援人员。
消防员证实浓烟源头为一座短路的电梯发动机。上午10点半浓烟被熄灭。
两名被困人员分别是35岁的Thompson Summers和24岁的Joseph Blakely,两人都没有受伤。
事发时,两人正在电梯中前往12楼运送家具,然后电梯突然停止了。消防员称他们听到了火灾警报,现场闻到浓烟味道,却没看见哪里冒烟。
两名被救者之后又重返到工作中去。
Two freed from stuck elevator in smoky Tampa building
TAMPA — Two moving men were trapped in an elevator of a 12-story office building Thursday morning as smoke poured from a room on the top floor, Tampa Fire Rescue said.
The men were stuck between the 10th and 11th floors at the Airport Executive Center, 2203 N Lois Ave., authorities said.
As some firefighters searched for the source of the smoke, others worked on freeing the trapped men, who were able to communicate with rescuers by yelling through the metal elevator doors.
Fire crews removed smoke from the building and determined it came from a shorted-out elevator motor.
The scene was under control by 10:30 a.m.
The two men, Thompson Summers, 35, and Joseph Blakely, 24, didn't suffer any injuries, Fire Rescue said.
The workers for a St. Petersburg moving company, Doug's Hourly Muscle, were taking the elevator to the 12th floor to remove some furniture when the elevator stopped.
They heard the fire alarm and smelled smoke but say they never saw any smoke, Fire Rescue said.
After being freed from the elevator, they went back to work.