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Ind. firefighters rescue man in tree after flood

Firefighters said the man was in good spirits and is believed to be okay

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CASS CO., Ind. — A Cass County man had to be rescued from a tree in front of his house because of swiftly rising waters Friday evening.

It all happened just south of Georgetown, right at the Cass-Carroll County line, about 10 miles west of Logansport.

Firefighters said neighbors heard the man yelling after he climbed a tree because of quickly rising waters of the Wabash River. The waters quickly rose after ice jam near Georgetown broke about 5:30 p.m., which was itself broken by the ice jam in Logansport, which broke upstream about an hour earlier. Firefighters had to walk a boat out across the water to the man to rescue him.

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