Phoenix firefighters brought six people out of a flooded wash
Four vehicles were stuck in a wash near 40th Street and Camelback during Friday's storms. Firefighters used a shallow-water rescue. Nobody was reported hurt, and all six people declined a hospital ride.
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Phoenix firefighters got six people out of four vehicles stuck in a wash near 40th Street and Camelback Road on Friday, Oct. 30, 12 News reported. The station's helicopter, Sky 12, was over the scene and showed at least two vehicles sitting in fast-moving water.
The Phoenix Fire Department said crews found the four vehicles in the wash with six people trapped, and that firefighters used a shallow-water entry to bring them out. The department said there were no reported injuries. Every driver and passenger was checked at the scene, and all six declined a ride to the hospital.
The station did not name the people in the vehicles. The report also did not say how the vehicles entered the wash.
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On Friday evening, Phoenix firefighters went to a wash near 40th Street and Camelback Road. A wash is a channel that stays dry until rain fills it, and storms were crossing Arizona. Four vehicles were stuck, and six people were trapped. Firefighters used a shallow-water rescue and brought everyone out. Crews checked all six people on the spot. Each person said no to a ride to the hospital, and the fire department said nobody was reported hurt.
- Why can a wash be dangerous even when the water does not look very deep?
- What is one thing a family can decide before a heavy rain so nobody drives into floodwater?
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