AVONDALE, AZ — A man is recovering after being stuck in a flooded wash for more than two hours Sunday.
Avondale fire crews were able to rescue the man who was hanging on a tree in the Agua Fria River, south of I-10 and north of Van Buren Street.
WATER RESCUE: Avondale Fire air lifting a man from a wash. He’d been hanging onto a tree for more than 2 hours! @abc15 pic.twitter.com/AFOe4EWo1h
— Adam Waltz (@Adam_Waltz) July 25, 2021
It is unknown how the man got into the tree.
No other details were provided.
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Avondale Fire Department