{"id":4613,"date":"2026-03-05T00:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=4613"},"modified":"2026-03-05T00:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:29:20","slug":"129041271-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=4613","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Louisiana worker dangling from fiery cherry picker before plunging to ground &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-129042972,imgsize-14154,width-400,resizemode-4\/louisiana-worker-dangling-from-fiery-cherry-pick.jpg\" alt=\"Watch: Louisiana worker dangling from fiery cherry picker before plunging to ground\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A dramatic video captured a Louisiana utility worker hanging from his safety harness after a bucket truck caught fire Tuesday, before he fell to the ground.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/> The unidentified worker was seen suspended high above the street from the burning cherry picker as thick black smoke poured from the truck below. <!-- -->Flames continued to spread while he struggled to stay secure.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/> Coworkers on a street in Baton Rouge rushed toward the scene, appearing to scramble for a way to bring him down safely.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>After the man fell, he was rushed to a local hospital with serious injuries, according to WAFB. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>The fire was believed to have been caused by a mechanical failure in the truck, according to fire officials.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/us\/watch-louisiana-worker-dangling-from-fiery-cherry-picker-before-plunging-to-ground\/articleshow\/129041271.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A dramatic video captured a Louisiana utility worker hanging from his safety harness after a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12525,12523,12524,12522,12526],"class_list":["post-4613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-baton-rouge-utility-worker-rescue","tag-bucket-truck-caught-fire","tag-dramatic-rescue-video","tag-louisiana-utility-worker-fire","tag-worker-safety-harness-incident"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}