{"id":233083,"date":"2026-03-23T21:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/233083\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T21:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T21:07:07","slug":"two-clinging-to-branches-rescued-from-san-joaquin-river-near-highway-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/233083\/","title":{"rendered":"Two clinging to branches rescued from San Joaquin River near Highway 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno Fire Department\u2019s Water Rescue Team rescued two people trapped by the swift-moving San Joaquin River on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters responded to reports that someone was yelling for help in the river near Highway 41.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/video-rescue-helicopter-gets-young-man-out-of-tree-in-the-kings-river\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VIDEO: Rescue helicopter gets young man out of tree in the Kings River<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fire crews and other first responders arrived and found two people stranded in the river, clinging to tree branches in swift-moving water. <\/p>\n<p>Officials described the situation as dangerous and potentially life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the department\u2019s Water Rescue Team entered the river and used boats to reach the two individuals. <\/p>\n<p>Both were rescued and brought safely to shore.<\/p>\n<p>One of the rescued individuals was taken to a local hospital for medical evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>With warmer temperatures arriving and more people heading to waterways to cool off, officials urged the public to use extreme caution around rivers. <\/p>\n<p>Even when water appears calm, they warned rivers can be dangerous because of strong currents, cold water temperatures, debris, and rapidly changing conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno Fire Department\u2019s Water Rescue Team rescued two people trapped by the swift-moving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-233083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}