First responders save man from Burbank wash on New Year's Eve

First responders save man from Burbank wash on New Year’s Eve

By Andy Nguyen

Jan. 2, 2017 10:03 AM PT

A man had to be rescued from rushing water early Saturday evening on a rainy New Year’s Eve.

The Burbank Fire Department responded to calls of a man stuck in the wash near North Naomi Street and Tulare Avenue at around 5:15 p.m. Four fire engines, one truck and two urban search-and-rescue units responded to the incident, according to an official with the Verdugo Fire Communications Center.

The man was pulled out an hour later. Units from Glendale and Pasadena were also dispatched to the scene.

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Burbank Fire Battalion Chief Ron Barone said the man was in his 30s and possibly a transient. He was not injured in the incident.

It’s currently unknown how the man got trapped in the wash.

Andy Nguyen, andy.nguyen@latimes.com

Twitter: @Andy_Truc

Andy Nguyen

Andy Nguyen was the public safety reporter for the Burbank Leader and Glendale News-Press. He previously worked for the Thousand Oaks Acorn and the Orange County Register. A native of Orange County, he attended UC Berkeley, where he wrote for the Daily Californian and graduated with a degree in media studies.