4 injured when 85-foot drilling rig collapses in Brickell, Miami Fire-Rescue says

Four people in Brickell escaped serious injuries on Monday morning after an 85-foot drilling rig collapsed and crushed vehicles and a construction container, Miami officials said. Miami Fire-Rescue officials said that first responders raced to the area of Brickell Bay Drive and Southeast 12th Street in Brickell just after 8 a.m. after getting word of a drilling rig collapse with people trapped. When crews arrived, they said they found that the drilling rig fell onto Brickell Bay Drive, crushing three vehicles, including one that was on fire, and a construction container, trapping workers inside. Fire officials said that the Miami Technical Rescue Team immediately began a "complex rescue operation" to save those who were trapped, including by using hydraulic cutting tools to get to the two workers who were trapped in the crushed metal. Today is a new birthday for her." The operator of the drilling rig was also injured after jumping from the rig and falling onto the ground when it began to collapse.

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