YFD responds to two separate river-related calls

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - The Yuma Fire Department (YFD) responded to two separate river-related calls over the weekend.

According to a press release, the calls happened Saturday at around 2:30 p.m. near the West Wetlands area, and it involved people "who were unable to safely exit the Colorado River."

YFD says during the first call, Station 1 crews responded after receiving reports of people stuck in vegetation.

While additional crews deployed a YFD watercraft, YFD says Station 1 found and brought them safely to shore, and while one person required medical attention, YFD says the person declined to be taken to the hospital.

As crews were leaving, YFD says they were alerted to a second call, this time involving a group of teens, floating on inner tubes, "who had missing their intended exit point."

As a result, YFD says members of the group became stranded in the river and held onto vegetation, but were unable to safely exit the river.

This prompted YFD crews to return to the river and helped the four teens to safety, with one person being treated for a minor hand injury, but the person declined to be taken to the hospital.

While the remaining teens were not injured, everyone was safely removed from the river, and crews then cleared the area without further incident.