QUILCENE, Wash. – Two Jefferson County fire departments rescued a California woman who became stuck face down in a vault toilet at the top of Mount Walker on Tuesday after falling in the toilet pit trying to retrieve her phone.

Mount Walker is located near Quilcene and is part of the Olympic National Forest.

The woman told rescuers that she dropped her cell phone down into the vault toilet while she was using it. She tried to take the toilet apart to get it, but when that didn’t work, she said she used her dog’s leash to try and fish it out.

She then tried to use the leashes as a support to lower herself into the pit, but they weren’t strong enough and she fell into the vault head-first.

She spent around 20 minutes trying to get out before using her phone to call 911.

Brinnon Fire Department and Quilcene Fire Rescue responded and made a makeshift “cribbing platform” that they lowered for the woman to stand on and were able to pull her out.

She was washed down and given a hazmat of suit to wear. Rescue crews strongly recommended that she seek medical attention after being exposed to human waste, but the woman declined.

The Brinnon Fire Department said the woman was extremely fortunate not to be overcome by toxic gases.

The woman thanked the first responders and headed back to California.

(Pictured: Firefighters Rubal and Torres in front of the toilet in question)