Elevator malfunction at Ferrari dealership leaves car hanging
Car hangs in elevator after malfunction Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spent four hours resolving a fuel leak and working to remove the vehicle from the elevator shaft. (Palm Beach County Fire Rescue)
By Lauren Silver, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — Fire crews and a towing company worked together to remove a car that was left hanging in an elevator shaft after a malfunction at a South Florida car dealership.
Palm Beach County Fire Rescue was initially called to Ferrari of Palm Beach for a reported structure fire, WPTV reported. However, when crews arrived, they found a car hanging upside down in an elevator shaft instead of a fire.
A towing company brought in a rotator wrecker to remove the vehicle using a 45-foot extension of the wrecker’s boom and several 50,000-pound winches, WPTV reported.
PBCFR said in a Facebook post that crews had to resolve a fuel leak by setting up portable standpipes and cutting power to the business before they could remove the car that was hanging upside down in the elevator shaft.
Crews worked for approximately four hours to remove the car from the elevator shaft, WPEC reported. There were no injuries reported.
Elevator malfunction at Ferrari dealership leaves car hanging Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spent four hours resolving a fuel leak and working to remove the vehicle from the elevator shaft.
Elevator malfunction at Ferrari dealership leaves car hanging Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spent four hours resolving a fuel leak and working to remove the vehicle from the elevator shaft. (Palm Beach County Fire Rescue)
Elevator malfunction at Ferrari dealership leaves car hanging Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spent four hours resolving a fuel leak and working to remove the vehicle from the elevator shaft.
Elevator malfunction at Ferrari dealership leaves car hanging Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spent four hours resolving a fuel leak and working to remove the vehicle from the elevator shaft.
Elevator malfunction at Ferrari dealership leaves car hanging Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spent four hours resolving a fuel leak and working to remove the vehicle from the elevator shaft.
Elevator malfunction at Ferrari dealership leaves car hanging Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spent four hours resolving a fuel leak and working to remove the vehicle from the elevator shaft.