A 160kg man who fell down a stormwater drain has been rescued by 15 firefighters after an hour of trying to lift him out of the hole . Rescue teams were called to Meadowbank in Sydney 's west about 11pm on Wednesday with reports a man was trapped in a drain . Firefighters , paramedics and police extracted the man from the hole using ropes and ladders due to injuries he sustained to his shoulder and leg . 'In order to get him out they had to set up a ladder and put him on a stokes stretcher and slide him up , ' NSW Fire & Rescue Superintendent Tom Cooper said on Thursday . The moment a 160kg man who fell down a stormwater drain was rescued by 15 firefighters . Due to the size of the man it took 15 firefighters , ambulance and the police to get him out of the drain . It 's unknown how the man fell down the two-metre drain , Supt Cooper said . The man was taken to hospital .
Man was trapped in stormwater drain in Meadowbank in Sydney 's west . A man has been rescued after being stuck for more than an hour inside a drainage pipe at the back of his home on Sydney's western suburbs.