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Fire department stabilizes Amazon truck that was perched above Montecito Heights home

Firefighters stand near a truck with an Amazon logo stuck on a hillside after dark.
A delivery truck is perched precariously on the side of a hill in Montecito Heights on Monday night.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department stabilized an Amazon truck that was hanging on a hillside in Montecito Heights late Monday night, threatening to tumble into a home below, according to a spokesperson.

The delivery truck was hanging delicately in the “soft soil” of a hill, poised above a house, but firefighters worked to secure the vehicle early Tuesday morning and were able to bring it to a stable resting place, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

“It’s not at risk of falling into someone’s backyard or house below anymore. We stabilized it,” said Nicholas Prange, a spokesman for the LAFD.

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Around 8 p.m. Monday, amid Southern California’s continuing stormy weather, the truck became “precariously perched” on West Rose Hill Drive, just upslope from Huntington Drive, in the northeast Los Angeles neighborhood of Montecito Heights, officials said.

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Video from KTLA-TV showed the Fire Department working to secure the delivery truck in place so it would not fall on a home below.

Video taken from above shows packages still lying in the truck.

It was not immediately clear how the truck became stuck on the hill. No injuries were reported.

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