People rescued after falling through ice in Malden, Lynn

"The first rescue happened in Malden around 2 p.m. Wednesday, when fire crews responded to Fellsmere Pond for reports of a person in distress in the water. They arrived to find a young woman holding onto the edge of the ice and managed to pull her from the water in less than 30 seconds, according to the Malden Fire Department."

""Dispatch indicated that it was dark in that area, and the caller could not tell what it was. It was not moving, and when they attempted to call to it, there was no reply," the Lynn Fire Department recalled. "Oftentimes, kids playing throw objects out on the ice in that area as they walk home from school.""

Firefighters in Malden and Lynn responded to separate incidents of people or objects on thin ice and urged residents to avoid icy bodies of water. In Malden, crews reached Fellsmere Pond around 2 p.m. and found a young woman clinging to the edge of the ice; they pulled her from the water in less than 30 seconds. The rescued person, a 14-year-old girl, was conscious and alert after being pulled from about 30 feet deep and was taken to a Boston hospital. In Lynn, crews found an apparent body on Flax Pond and a captain moved onto roughly two-inch-thick ice during the response. Fire departments warned that appearances can be deceiving and that ice may not support weight.

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