Horses fall through ice in Minnesota; 1 dies, 1 survives
It's unclear how long the horses were in the water before they were found.
Two horses who are believed to have escaped a fenced area wound up falling through ice on a swamp in east-central Minnesota.
With an air temperature of 15 degrees, the horses were located in rural Bradford Township just after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. They had broken through the ice and were stuck in approximately 5 feet of water.
The Isanti Fire District (IFD) sent a rescue team to the scene and were able to get both horses out of the water within about an hour, despite working with "limited resources in a frozen swampy area," the IFD said.
One horse died while the other survived.
"It is not clear how long they were in the water," IFD reported.
Isanti Fire District
Isanti Fire District
