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Person rescued from drainage ditch during overnight storms, SAFD says

Crews searched multiple locations for several hours, but did not located anyone else

SAN ANTONIO – A person experiencing homelessness is in the hospital after being rescued from a flooded drainage ditch, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.

The person was camped out in a drainage ditch near the 8900 block of Interstate 10 West and Tioga Drive when stormwater began flowing through just before 10:30 p.m. on Monday, SAFD said.

The individual, whose age is unknown, was taken to the hospital as a precaution, according to Joe Arrington, an SAFD spokesman.

Firefighters were told by the individual that they believed others were with them; however, a thorough, multi-location search over several hours did not turn up anyone else, Arrington said. It was previously reported there were upward of five individuals in the drainage ditch.


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