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Two people rescued near Naked Falls

Technical rope teams called to separate emergency scenes

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Skamania County Fire District first reponders assisted a woman with a shoulder injury and a boy who got his foot trapped between two rocks on Saturday. Both incidents occurred in the Naked Falls area of the Washougal River.

Two people were rescued in separate incidents that occurred in the Naked Falls area of the Washougal River on Saturday.

First responders from Skamania County Fire District 4 were dispatched just after 5 p.m. to a report that a swimmer had received a shoulder injury, approximately 1.5 miles past Dougan Falls.

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