FIRE crews from Chester were part of a major emergency response to help rescue a man who had fallen into a canal basin close to a pub in a village in Cheshire.
The fire engine from Nantwich, two fire engines from Chester and one from Powey Lane, plus the water rescue unit from Powey Lane, the rapid response rescue unit from Nantwich, rope rescue unit from Lymm and aerial ladder platform from Chester, were called out to the scene in Wrenbury Heath Road, Wrenbury, at about 9.10pm yesterday (Saturday, January 13).
A spokesperson for Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service said: "Crews were deployed following reports of a man falling into a canal basin near a public house .
"After a search of the area with colleagues from the police, he was located and firefighters used their specialist water safety rescue skills to assist him from the water.
"He was passed to the care of ambulance crews and taken to hospital with injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening.
"Crews were at the scene for around one hour thirty minutes."
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