The St. Paul Fire Department says they helped rescue a man who was stuck in a sewer for approximately four days.The department said that they responded to the 400 block of University Avenue in St. Paul late Tuesday morning.

Firefighters rescued a man on Tuesday who survived for days after the hinges of a vault cover were apparently tampered with and he wound up 10 feet underground in St. Paul. The man was conscious and alert, said he’d been there for three to four days and he couldn’t get out on his own, Deputy Fire Chief Jamie Smith said.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KFGO/WCCO) – The St. Paul Fire Department says they rescued a man Tuesday morning who’d been trapped underground for several days. Deputy Chief Jamie Smith with the St. Paul Fire Department says they were called to the 400 block of University Avenue on a report of a man stuck 10 to 12 feet below a sewer opening.