River Usk: Person stuck in mud is pulled to safety
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Firefighters used ladders and blow-up walkway to rescue the casualty
A person had to be dragged from mud on the banks of the River Usk after getting stuck on Sunday.
The fire, police and the ambulance services were all called to the scene off Kingsway, Newport, at 13:39 BST.
Firefighters, helped by boat rescue teams, used ladders and blow-up walkways to move the casualty, whose condition remains unknown.
They were left in the care of paramedics before the emergency was declared over at 15:03.
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