고소작업대 화재로 곤경에 빠진 건설작업자 Construction workers jump to safety from burning scissor lift basket in downtown Boise: VIDEO

Construction workers jump to safety from burning scissor lift basket in downtown Boise

고소작업대에서 불이 나는 바람에 건설작업자가 곤경에 빠져있다.

동료의 도움으로 간신히 건물안으로 뛰어들었다.

건물쪽에 걸쳐져 있던 고소작업대는 건설작업자가 뛰어들자말자 건물에서 떨어져 나갔다.

황기철  콘페이퍼 에디터

ki chul, hwang conpaper editor 

BY KBOI NEWS STAFF TUESDAY, JULY 19TH 201

BOISE, Idaho (KBOI) — Two construction workers had to jump to safety after a welding blanket caught fire on a scissor lift basket at the new Simplot headquarters in downtown Boise.

Boise Fire says the construction workers were treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns, but were released on scene.

"They were on the lift and it was a long ways for them to be able to make it over to the side of the building to jump off," Boise Fire safety spokesman Jason Lewis said. "Workers on the ground level were able to swing the boom over so it was closer to jump from the lift to the sixth floor."

There's still no word yet on what caused the blanket to catch fire. An investigator is on scene.

"...Considering how far of a fall that was, luckily people on scene were able to do something very quickly and swing those guys over to safety," Lewis said.

Jeff Syddall, a construction worker, told KBOI 2News that several people started yelling "get me down, get me down."

"They lost control of the functions to move it because it short circuited but some guys on the ground were able to get control of it. Right as they got control of it they were able to get it to a point where they could get to safety on the building," Syddall said.

Construction workers said managers cleared the site for the afternoon.

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