ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Albuquerque firefighters rescued three homeless people from swift-moving water in an arroyo Tuesday as rainstorms trundled across New Mexico.
The Fire Department says two other people were able to get out of the water on their own before firefighters used a rope with a flotation device to rescue the other three adults.
Lt. Tom Ruiz says it appears the people didn’t understand the imminent danger and that the morning rainfall caught them off guard.
The department says nobody appeared to be injured but that at least two people among the five who’d been in the water were taken to a hospital for observation because they were wet and cold.
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