{"id":228090,"date":"2025-08-03T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=228090"},"modified":"2025-08-03T11:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T15:35:07","slug":"savannah-firefighters-rescue-4-from-flooded-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=228090","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Firefighters Rescue 4 From Flooded Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Savannah firefighters saved four people trapped in rising waters near downtown Saturday evening, narrowly avoiding disaster when they discovered a hidden danger beneath the flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf0a <strong>What Happened:<\/strong> Fire crews responded to a stranded vehicle at Drayton and Duffy Streets Saturday evening, where they discovered four occupants trapped in floodwaters. Using standard safety protocols, firefighters probed the water with pike poles before approaching the vehicle\u2014a precaution that proved critical when they discovered a missing manhole cover hidden beneath the murky water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/526520120_1192948649546039_3011448516767553130_n-960x694.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228093\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f <strong>Safety Alert:<\/strong> Savannah Fire Department officials are reminding residents to never drive through flooded areas. If you do become stranded in rising water:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remain in your vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Call 911 immediately<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wait for trained rescuers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Sources:<\/strong> Savannah Fire Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=49]\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Savannah firefighters saved four people trapped in rising waters near downtown Saturday evening, narrowly avoiding disaster when they discovered a hidden danger beneath the flood. \ud83c\udf0a What Happened: Fire crews responded to a stranded vehicle at Drayton and Duffy Streets Saturday evening, where they discovered four occupants trapped in floodwaters. Using standard safety protocols, firefighters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":228092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18045],"tags":[14887,10022],"class_list":["post-228090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-safety","tag-flood","tag-flooding","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=228090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=228090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=228090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=228090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}