Crime & Safety
San Jose Fire Dept. Rescues At Least 20 Homeless People From Flooded Golf Course
At least 20 people who were trapped on a flooded golf course right next to a creek have been rescued by the San Jose Fire Department.
BAY AREA, CA -- At least 20 people who were trapped on a flooded golf course right next to a creek were rescued by the San Jose Fire Department the morning of Feb. 21.
Nearly two dozen homeless were stranded on a patch of the Los Lagos Golf Course in San Jose, right next to Coyote Creek, including two people in a tent, when rains flooded the creek and sent water rushing onto the course.
@SJFD called in to rescue several homeless people trapped on Las Lagos golf course by rising #CoyoteCreek. @nbcbayarea pic.twitter.com/UTsNiZD6oR
— Bob Redell (@BobNBC) February 21, 2017
NBC Bay Area reported that people and their belongings were rescued by SJFD crews in a raft.
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Rescue efforts underway for people stranded inside flooded golf course in San Jose. https://t.co/nNXR2lH0hy pic.twitter.com/F7JUyTioPS
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) February 21, 2017
"Everything was surrounded. It rose so fast," the station quoted one of those rescued as saying.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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