Hutchinson firefighters were called to perform a rescue on the Arkansas River on Monday afternoon. Crews were called to an area behind Hobart-Detter Field near Carey Park around 2:30 p.m., where three people were holding onto a tree in the middle of the river and stranded by the quickly rising water. The Hutchinson Fire Department’s Water Rescue Team launched its boat with a three-man team upriver and reached the three victims. They were brought safely to shore, where Reno County EMS treated them.
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