Three rescued from vehicle in McMinn Co. flash flooding
From Englewood Fire Dept.
ENGLEWOOD, Tennessee (WDEF) – Firefighters rescued three people, including a small child, from a vehicle caught in flash flooding Wednesday night.
It happened in Englewood in McMinn County before 10 PM.
Swift-water certified members of the fire crew made it out to the vehicle that was in the middle of a flooded road.
They determined that the water was still rising, so they evacuated the occupants.
No one was hurt in the incident.
Englewood Fire, Etowah Rural Fire & Rescue, Athens Rural Fire & Rescue, Athens City Fire, Etowah City Fire, Englewood PD, AMR, and MCSO all took part in the effort.
