Emergency responders say four teenagers were floating on tubes down the Eau Claire River Wednesday afternoon when the current pushed them into a tree hanging over the water.
They had to be rescued from the river upstream from the Dewey Street Bridge.
The Eau Claire Fire Department gave the teens life vests, then pulled them out by using ropes.
Some of them suffered minor injuries like bumps and bruises.
A firefighter was hurt when a rock fell and hit him in the head, shoulders, and back.
He’s expected to recover.
