Fire departments respond to multiple high water rescues

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Texarkana, Texas and Arkansas Fire Departments were dispatched to multiple highwater calls around the Texarkana area directly after the heavy storms Sunday evening.

Texarkana, Texas Fire Department Quint 1 responded to a car stuck in high water with multiple adults and children in a vehicle under the railroad tracks in the 1000 block of W. 7th St.

According to radio traffic, police were blocking the roadway when the vehicle drove around a police cruiser into the high water.

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Firefighters used the ladder on Quint 1 to reach the occupants of the car.  Multiple adults and a small child could be seen crossing the ladder to safety with the help of a firefighter.

No injuries were reported.

Multiple other Texas Fire units are scene under the Texas Viaduct conducting a high water rescue of two people reportedly trapped on the roof of a shed with water to their ankles.  TTFD has requested a boat from Liberty Eylau Volunteer Fire Department.

 

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A Texarkana, Texas Firefighter rowing a boat provided by LEVFD to rescue people from a car stuck in high water on Old Buchanan Rd. near Lake Drive.
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