The bizarre scene played out at a building on Evergreen Street near Hillcroft.
Oscar Ramirez heard the man screaming and called 911.
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"He said somebody was texting him from inside," Ramirez said. "He said somebody was chasing him from inside."
It took firefighters 45 minutes and a lot of equipment to get the man out of the tight space.
Officials said they don't know how long he was stuck before he was found.
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They do believe this was an attempted burglary and handed the case over to police.
The man was helped out onto a stretcher and taken to the hospital. He is in stable condition.
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