{"id":316706,"date":"2026-05-15T05:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316706\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T05:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T05:09:07","slug":"man-pulled-from-pond-at-fresno-regional-sports-park-after-drowning-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/316706\/","title":{"rendered":"Man pulled from pond at Fresno Regional Sports Park after drowning incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26)  \u2014 A man was rushed to the hospital Thursday night after drowning in a pond at the Fresno Regional Sports Park. <\/p>\n<p>Fresno Fire crews responded around 8:15 p.m. to reports of a man in the water at the park. <\/p>\n<p>When firefighters arrived, they met with witnesses and officers who directed them to the area where the man had gone underwater.<\/p>\n<p>Crews say the man&#8217;s  girlfriend saw him disappear beneath the surface of the water after the couple went to the pond to use a remote-controlled boat.<\/p>\n<p>According to firefighters, the man entered the pond to swim despite reportedly not knowing how to swim.<\/p>\n<p>The department\u2019s water rescue team responded immediately, but because the man was fully submerged, additional dive teams were called in. <\/p>\n<p>In total, eight divers assisted in the search.<\/p>\n<p>[RELATED] <a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/man-missing-after-jumping-into-fresno-canal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man missing after jumping into Fresno canal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Divers were able to enter the water in less than five minutes after arriving on scene. <\/p>\n<p>Due to the murky conditions at the bottom of the pond, crews had to conduct a grid search by hand.<\/p>\n<p>After about 10 minutes of searching underwater, divers found the man at the bottom of the pond. <\/p>\n<p>He was quickly taken out before being taken to Community Regional Medical Center. <\/p>\n<p>His condition is still unknown. <\/p>\n<p>Officials estimate the pond was between 10 and 12 feet deep in some areas. <\/p>\n<p>The man may have been underwater for as long as 40 to 50 minutes by the time rescuers pulled him from the pond.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators say this incident is unrelated to an earlier water search involving a man who reportedly jumped into a canal near Harvey and Blackstone.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Fire officials are now urging people to use caution around waterways as temperatures rise across the Central Valley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A man was rushed to the hospital Thursday night after drowning in a pond&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-316706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316706","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=316706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}