FIRE teams assisted save a guy from a reversed canal boat on the Bridgewater Canal at Lymm.
At 15:00 on Thursday afternoon the rope rescue system from Lymm and supporting fire truck and one from Penketh, were called out to reports of a reversed canal boat on the Bridgewater Canal near Burford Lane, Lymm.
An inflatable raft was utilized to save a guy from the upturned canal boat. The guy was reclaimed to the towpath and an ambulance called as a safety measure. The boat remained in the canal at Burford Lane.
Reports in your area recommend the guy’s animal dog unfortunately drowned.