Four Killed, Dozens Rescued as Historic Flooding Hits Nashville Area
Source Firehouse.com News
Four people were killed as historic rainfall flooded the Nashville area starting Saturday night.
In less than 10 hours, the Nashville 9-1-1 system handled over 2,500 calls, Nashville Fire Director/Chief William Swann told WRKN.
Nashville Fire Department spokesperson Joseph Pleasant told The Tennessean that firefighters had rescued 130 people from the flooding.
People were rescued from vehicles, homes and apartments using a number of fire department boats.
Metro Nashville police recovered the body of a 65-year-old man who drowned after escaping from his car that was caught by rising water near the Nashboro golf course.
Crews found the body of a 70-year-old male in a car that was submerged in a creek next to a business.
Two others, a 46-year-old female and a 64-year-old male, were found dead at a homeless encampment.
About 40 dogs were rescued by Nashville firefighters at a dog boarding facility, according to WKRN.
Nearby in Brentwood, firefighters rescued 50 people from over a dozen homes and four vehicles in flooded areas.
"At one point, crews were going door to door making rescues along Harpeth Drive,” Brentwood Fire Chief Brian Goss stated in a release.
Lightning was also blamed for an overnight house fire in Brentwood.
More than seven inches of rain fell in the Nashville area over a two-day period, according to NewsChannel5.com. This was the most significant flooding since a 2010 flood devastated many area of the region.
