Man trapped in vent for nearly 24 hours in Illinois

DES PLAINES, Ill. -- Firefighters rescued a 23-year-old suburban Chicago man who spent nearly 24 hours trapped in a restaurant exhaust vent.

Police would not say why the man was in the vent, which goes through the roof at the Little Amsterdam restaurant in Des Plaines. The restaurant closed in June.

The man was treated Monday evening for injuries at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill. His condition was not available.

An owner of the building said a landlord was checking the property Monday morning when he was noticed a man's head and arms sticking out from the vent over the restaurant's kitchen stove.

Authorities were called around 10:30 a.m. Des Plaines firefighters cut the vent leading from the rooftop to extricate the man.