Specialist fire crews were working on Sunday to rescue a man in his 80s trapped in a silo filled with urea in regional Queensland.

A Queensland fire department spokesperson said a family member of the man reported just after 1.30pm he had fallen into a silo on the property near Eurombah, north of Roma.

The silo contained urea, which is used for fertiliser.

Queensland fire and rescue crews specialising in confined space and vertical rescue had secured the man in a harness while the urea was slowly released out of the bottom of the silo.

As of 4pm, the urea had been lowered to the man’s waist level, with rescue crew using buckets to empty it out.

A rescue helicopter was on the scene to assist, alongside the fire crews, Queensland ambulance service and Queensland police.

Source: The Guardian.