Firefighters perform Saturday night water rescue near Lakeport

LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Firefighters rescued a man from Clear Lake near Lakeport on Saturday night.

Lakeport Fire Protection District was dispatched to the 2700 block of Lakeshore Boulevard near Crystal Lake Way just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday, according to radio traffic.

Dispatch reported receiving multiple calls about a man in the water screaming for help.

Scanner traffic indicated firefighters on jet skis launched from the Fifth Street boat ramp and responded to the area. The subject in trouble may have been associated with a kayak.

At about 9:45 p.m., the Lakeport Fire chief reported over the air that they had the subject secured on a rope up against a shore wall. Less than five minutes later, the individual had been pulled from the water.

Fire officials said over the air that the subject was transported to Sutter Lakeside Hospital for care just before 10 p.m.

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