A person in distress was rescued from the Fraser River in Richmond on Sunday evening.
Emergency services were called to the area of Triangle Beach – where Williams Road meets Dyke Road in south-east Richmond – at around 7:30 p.m.
Sukhwant Dhillon, of Sher E Punjab Radio, told the Richmond News that a rescue team from Richmond Fire-Rescue entered the river near Riverport Way.
According to Dhillon, the crew managed to pull the person to safety without injury.
Richmond Fire-Rescue chief Jim Wishlove told the News that they were called in by the RCMP to help retrieve the person from the water, who was thought to be swimming at the time.
Wishlove said three "swift water rescue technicians," complete with dry suits, took an inflatable craft into the river to rescue the male.
He said the firefighters were directed to the person by a civilian vessel, which had stayed in the area to pinpoint where the man was.
Wishlove said the rescue took about 30 to 40 minutes from start to finish, before the male was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Richmond RCMP confirmed it was in attendance at the incident and that the person was safe.
