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Dozens rescued from flooded Asda store in Kilmarnock | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
Firefighters have rescued 42 people who were stranded by floodwater at a supermarket in East Ayrshire. | |
The Asda at Queen's Drive Retail Park, Kilmarnock, was surrounded by water after the River Irvine burst its banks. | |
Fire crews were dispatched from Glasgow and Ayrshire after staff alerted the emergency services at 06:12. | |
A rigid inflatable boat was used to take 40 adults and two children from the store. They were checked by paramedics but no-one was injured. | |
A spokesman for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said the incident ended shortly before 10:00. | |
Four appliances - two from Polmadie in Glasgow, one from Kilmarnock and one from Newmilns - were sent to the scene. |
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