Plymouth inshore lifeboat tasked to person in water Bonfire night

Falmouth Coastguard requested the launched of Plymouth RNLI's inshore lifeboat at 6.48pm to an incident by the Waterfront on Plymouth Hoe. The volunteer lifeboat crew recovered a person from the water before they were taken to a waiting ambulance.

This was the volunteer crew's second shout of the weekend.

Notes to editors

• Plymouth RNLI lifeboat has been operating since 1862. To learn more about the lifeboat station go to www.rnli.org.uk/plymouth
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