Saitama Kawagoe Oct. 13 18:48
A special nursing home for the elderly in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture was flooded by the flooding of the nearby river, and over 200 people including elderly people were temporarily left behind in the facility. The police and fire departments rescued using boats and rescued everyone after 5pm.
According to the police and the fire department, at around 8:00 am on the 13th, there was a report that the special nursing home for the elderly “Kawagoe Kings Garden” in the Shimokosaka area of Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture was inundated.
When the firefighters rushed, the Shimokosaka area where the facilities were located flooded the Koshibe River flowing nearby, flooding a wide area, and among the four nursing homes, 2 of the 1 floors were flooded with water. It was.
About 200 elderly people and staff at the facility were evacuated to a two-story building, and police and firefighters rescued them using a boat from around 10:30 am, all around 5:20 pm It means that you rescued.
The rescued person was not injured and moved to a city shelter.