The San Diego Union-Tribune
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San Diego firefighters rescued a suspected burglar from the roof of a Mission Valley restaurant Tuesday morning after employees showing up for work heard someone calling from above the eatery's ceiling.
When crews arrived, they found the man stuck in the vent system on the roof of the California Fish Grill in the shopping center on Camino de la Reina near Mission Center Road, fire Battalion Chief Dave Seneviratne told OnScene TV.
"It appeared he was trying to crawl into the hood system from the roof and got himself trapped," Seneviratne said. The man was about two feet down from the roof line of the restaurant, the battalion chief said.
Firefighters were able to lift the man out. He was alert and talking to firefighters, Seneviratne said.
He was taken to a hospital to be checked out and will be arrested on suspicion of burglary, said San Diego police Officer Scott Lockwood. The man's age and name were not immediately released.
This story originally appeared in San Diego Union-Tribune.
