MIAMI --
Miami-Dade firefighters freed two men stuck at the top of a cherry picker that caught fire Friday afternoon.
Officials said two men were on a cherry picker at 21311 NW 34th Ave. when the machine hit a power line and the crane lifting the cherry picker caught fire.
Firefighters doused the flames, but the two men remained trapped.
From Sky 10 overhead, a Miami-Dade firefighter could be seen going up in a second cherry picker and bringing down the first man, then repeating the process to lower the second man.
Both men were being airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Florida Power & Light said the fire knocked out power to about 1,600 customers in the area. Crews are working to restore the power.
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