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Portal man trapped underneath home by fallen water heater
Rescued after neighbor discovered him 7 hours later
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A Portal man was transported to a Savannah hospital after being trapped underneath his home by a fallen hot water heater for hours Wednesday. Leslie Douglas Argyle, 63, of Lakeside Drive, was trapped for about seven hours before a neighbor found him, said Bulloch County Fire Chief Christopher Ivey. Argyle apparently had water leak issues in his older mobile home and was underneath the home repairing water pipes when the floor, possibly weakened by age and leaked water, gave way and the "very large" hot water heater fell on top of him, Ivey said.
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