By Gareth Davies For Mailonline. It took firefighters more than three hours to free a woman whose leg got trapped in a tiny utility hole without a cover. The incident took place in the city of Popayan, in the south-west Colombian region of Cauca. The woman, identified as Yurani Burbano, was holding her baby in her arms when she got her leg trapped in the hole. Firefighters took more than three hours to free a woman whose leg got trapped in a small utility hole without a cover.
Fortunately, the baby was not injured in the incident. Firefighters used special equipment in order to break the concrete around the small opening. The woman was shown wearing a mask and waiting patiently to be freed. Meanwhile, a group of paramedics were attending to her as well as monitoring her vital signs.
According to local media, the incident is another example of the terrible state of city infrastructure and especially of the gas service in the city who were reportedly responsible for the utility hole. Adults, kids, and animals have been victims of broken manholes or utility holes without covers.
Cars and other vehicles are also at risk of being damaged when driving over them. According to local media, last year the government lost around million COP , GBP in Popayan alone due to the theft of the covers of manholes and utility holes.
There are many maintenance holes in their networks without covers in the area because thieves steal them in order to resell the metal, according to firefighters. Share or comment on this article: Popayan woman gets her leg stuck down narrow utility hole in Colombia e-mail 8. Most watched News videos Thousands take part in funeral procession for General Soleimani Monkey snatches glasses from tourist who tries to take a selfie Footage appears to show moment missile struck Soleimani convoy 24 Hours in Police Custody: Cambridgeshire murder investigation Thousands take to streets of Tehran to protest Soleimani killing Atlantic weather blitz: Severe snow storm hits area in Iceland Iranian general becomes emotional after death of Qassem Soleimani Amanda Henderson calls Greta Thunberg 'Sharon' on BBC show Footage appears to show moment US airstrike hit Soleimani convoy Thousands of Iranians flood streets to mourn after Soleimani dies Iranian Supreme Leader says anti-U.
