According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the collapse could be "as many as six miles south" from the sole access point of the industrial tunnel.

As many as 15 workers were trapped in an industrial tunnel collapse in Los Angeles’ Wilmington area, the city’s fire department said late on Wednesday.

About 15 workers were trapped inside an industrial tunnel in Los Angeles after it collapsed on Wednesday night, officials said. The collapse happened up to six miles away from the tunnel’s only access point, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in a statement.