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KEITHVILLE, La. -- Caddo firefighters joined family members Thursday night in rescuing a man trapped for hours in thick mud. The rescue happened around 6:30 p.m. in the 11000 block of Sungate Drive. Caddo Fire District 4 firefighters arrived to find the man stuck in the mud from the knees down. He had been in the mudhole in a field for almost two hours. Capt. Freddie Martin and members of CFD 4 C-Shift immediately began digging him out. They were joined by family members who used hand tools and a tractor as a sling to pull him from the hole without injury.