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Firefighters rescue man from river

One fire crew from Worcester attended along with water rescue boats from Worcester and Evesham, plus a Water First Responder team from Upton.

Watch Commander Carl Horsburgh from Green Watch, Worcester, said: “Our rescue crews were at the scene within five minutes of receiving the call, arriving to find that the river bank in the immediate area had already been searched.

“The water rescue boat from Worcester was immediately launched with a swim rescue team aboard and we quickly located the casualty in the river. A rescue swimmer then entered the water, and assisted by colleagues on the boat, managed to bring the man safely aboard.”

The boat crew then returned to the shore, and passed the casualty into the care of paramedics at the steps of the rowing club in Grandstand Road.