Workers Stuck After Scaffolding Collapses in Bethesda

UPDATE, 10:43 a.m.: Workers have been secured to safety. No one was hurt.

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It is a “high angle rescue,” according to a tweet from Pete Piringer, spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Department,

Piringer wrote in a tweet that three workers are “unsecured” and “dangling” from about 125 feet in the air from a building at 6903 Rockledge Drive in Bethesda.

He added that MCFRS Technical Rescue team has been deployed.

High Angle Rescue – 6903 Rockledge Dr, collapsed scaffolding, 3 workers suspended approx. 13-sty, #mcfrs Technical Rescue deployed

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) February 11, 2015

update – Rockledge Dr – at least 3 workers, unsecured dangling from about 125′ from the ground, about the 13th floor — Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) February 11, 2015

Update – High Angle Rescue, Rockledge Dr, Two Democracy Ctr, workers have been secured & removed to safety of roof, no injuries

— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) February 11, 2015

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