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SAN DIEGO — A body was found late Monday morning inside a hole on a hill in Linda Vista, authorities confirmed.
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department responded to calls of a person in a hole or a “tunnel” around 10:13 a.m. Monday. SDFD spent nearly two hours working to free the individual from the confined space.
SkyFOX was overhead as crews appeared to dig on a hillside in a vacant lot near Osler and Ulric streets in the Linda Vista neighborhood of San Diego.
SDFD have confirmed one person was pronounced dead at the scene at 11:27 a.m. The body has been turned over to the San Diego Police Department.
During a news conference shortly after the rescue ended, SDFD confirmed the victim was a man believed to be in his 30s.
Authorities at the scene noted there are several tents with people living in them in the nearby area, and the tunnel the man was found in appeared to be built with an entrance and exit under an old tree stump.
SDPD is taking over the investigation.
This story is developing. Stay with FOX 5 for the latest updates.
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