Woman rescued from South Yorkshire river

A woman was rescued from a river by South Yorkshire firefighters.
Firefighters rescued a woman from a Rotherham riverFirefighters rescued a woman from a Rotherham river
Firefighters rescued a woman from a Rotherham river

Four fire engines were sent to the River Don, near Frederick Street in Rotherham town centre, and a specialist crew used a boat to reach the woman and pluck her to safety.

Emergency services were alerted to the incident at 6.30am.

No other details have yet been released.

At 12.50am firefighters searched the River Dun Navigation Canal after a vehicle was spotted in the water near High Street, Barnby Dunn.

Firefighters checked that there was nobody trapped in the vehicle.