Fire helicopter rescues three people stuck on rock in Mission Trails Park
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and last updated 2021-07-18 20:44:18-04
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Three people stuck on a rock in Mission Trails Regional Park off Mission Gorge Road in East County were rescued by a fire department helicopter Sunday.
The incident was reported at 3:08 p.m. Sunday and fire-rescue crews arrived by 3:16 p.m. at 8300 Father Junipero Serra Trail in East County, said Battalion Chief Dave Pilkerton of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
A rescue helicopter lifted the three people from the rock about 3:30 p.m. and dropped them off near a fire truck, Pilkerton said. The three were suffering from dehydration and firefighters provided them with water.
SAN DIEGO
A kitchen fire in an apartment in San Diego’s Bay Terraces neighborhood displaced a resident Sunday afternoon, fire officials said.
The fire broke out about 1:50 p.m. in a unit at an apartment complex on Doriana Street off Alta View Drive, just south of the Paradise Hills Recreation Center, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Firefighters quickly put out the fire, which was contained to the kitchen, Battalion Chief Dave Pilkerton said.
The displaced resident planned to stay with family in the area and did not need assistance from the Red Cross, Pilkerton said.
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