WAITE PARK, Minn. (WCCO/AP) — Patrons at a Waite Park restaurant were caught in a flash flood Saturday after a large amount of ice melted on the Sauk River.
A representative for Anton’s restaurant said in a Facebook post that the river flooded just before 7:30 p.m., sweeping through the eatery.
Waite Park Fire Chief Jim Aleshire says about 44 people were stuck inside.
The Fire Department requested mutual aid from St. Joseph and St. Cloud. First responders used three boats and were able to get everyone safely out of the restaurant by about 9:30 p.m.
One of the business’s owners, Betzy Gaetz, was not in the restaurant, but tells the St. Cloud Times the flood happened so quickly people did not have time to move anything.
Gaetz says the flooding happened while customers were having dinner.
The property usually floods in the spring, but Gaetz says she has never seen anything like this.
Another post Sunday morning said the water had receded.
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