Rescuers used drones to find a narrow gap in the ice and were able to install a temporary bridge, allowing the people fishing to get to safety.
The sheriff’s office sent out a Wireless Emergency Alert in the area and ended up evacuating about 200 people from the ice.
Airboats, water rescue boats, ATVs, drones and the temporary bridge all were used in the evacuation process. It currently is very cold in Beltrami County, which is just south of the border with Canada. While highs have reached the mid- to upper 20s, overnight lows have been in the single-digits. Still, the sheriff’s office warned that early season ice is “very unpredictable.”
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