By Ashley Lisenby
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — At least five people have been rescued after severe flash flooding in Edwardsville.
The Edwardsville Fire Department responded to a call Wednesday morning from people trapped in cars stuck in water up to five feet deep.
Lt. Rodney Hall of the Edwardsville Fire Department said crews rescued at least three vehicles that were underwater on Illinois Route 143 Wednesday.
Crews rescued at least one person trapped in a car stuck in water up to five feet deep near 3600 Edwardsville Road around 8 a.m. Fire crews rescued two more people on higher ground near the same area.
Edwardsville fire crews assisted the Roxana fire department with rescues at Old Alton Edwardsville Road between Edwardsville and Roxana shortly after. At least two people were pulled from two separate vehicles. The department reports water was about 3 feet deep in that area.
No injuries have been reported.
More than 50 miles away from Edwardsville in Marissa, four oil tanks were reportedly on fire on Randolph County Line Road following storms in the area. Lightning may have caused the fire. The Marissa Fire Department, and several other nearby fire crews, were working to put out the fires.
And firefighters in State Park Place, west of Collinsville, rescued pot-bellied pigs from rising water.
The pigs are pets, authorities said.
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