Firefighters have rescued a person from the River Severn in Shrewsbury on Monday evening.

Emergency Services were called to the Frankwell area at around 6.10pm.
Three fire appliances including the Water Rescue Unit were mobilised from Baschurch, Minsterley and Shrewsbury along with an operations officer.
A female casualty was successfully rescued from the river and left in the care of West Midlands Ambulance Service.
West Mercia Police also attended.
Water rescue at Frankwell Quay River Severn @shropsfire successfully carried out by our #oncallfire water first responders and boat crew from @SFRS_Shrews person now in care of @OFFICIALWMAS #alloneteam #todaywemadeadifference 👍🚒 pic.twitter.com/L7n8DEOIbM
— SFRS Neil Griffiths (@SFRS_NGriffiths) October 8, 2018




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