By admin NORTH HILLS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Two men and a woman were rescued from the rain-swollen Pacoima Wash in the North Hills Thursday as one of the first significant rainstorms of the season soaked Southern California.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department responded about 9 a.m. Thursday to 15012 W. Parthenia St., east of Sepulveda Boulevard, and rescued the woman. She was in stable condition when taken to a hospital, the LAFD said in a statement.
A man was also confirmed to be in the water, and a helicopter crew plucked him from the rushing floodwater in the area as other crews staged for additional possible rescues downstream, said LAFD spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz.
He was flown directly to a hospital, Lantz said.
A short time later, firefighters using a ladder truck and a crane to hoist a third victim from the wash as he clung to a bridge abutment near Saticoy Street, she said.
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Bystanders had reported a possible total of four people in the water. The LAFD later confirmed that the fourth victim was safely out of the water before firefighters arrived at the scene.
“No further victims are suspected to be in the water after three total rescues,” the Fire Department said in a statement. “No further updates expected.”
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City News Service contributed to this report.