A scary situation unfolded after a man was accidentally dumped into a garbage truck and trapped inside in San Francisco.

Firefighters say the man had been digging around in a dumpster early Wednesday morning when a Recology garbage truck pulled up to collect its contents.

The truck picked up the dumpster and tossed the trash — and the man — into the vehicle.

Bystanders reportedly got the driver’s attention after they heard the man screaming for help.

According to KTUV FOX 2 … over 2 dozen firefighters responded and had to pull trash out of the truck to get to the man buried underneath. The outlet says it took 2 hours to free him.

The driver had reportedly used the truck’s compactor once while the man was inside — before realizing anyone was in there — and it’s unclear if the man was hurt by the compactor.