BUCKEYE, AZ — A boy is in critical condition after he was pulled from a pool Sunday afternoon in Buckeye.
Buckeye fire officials say they were called to the home near Watson and Yuma roads just before 4 p.m. for a near-drowning incident.
Firefighters say a 9-year-old boy was found unconscious and face down in the pool, and it was believed he had been in the water for about a minute.
The child was taken to the hospital. He is reportedly breathing but in critical condition.
What led up to the child being found in the pool is not yet known.
This is one of two incidents where children were pulled from water on Sunday.
Later in the evening, a 1-year-old boy was taken to the hospital in critical condition after being pulled from a pool at an apartment complex in Tempe.
