Firefighters were called in to help a woman stranded by the river in York this afternoon (Sunday)
It happened at 2.22pm on Queen’s Staith.
A North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service spokesperson said: “Fire control received a call from ambulance for a first responder who was in attendance with a female aged in her 20s who was intoxicated and had climbed down onto a sandbank but was unable to get back up.
“A crew from York attended and assisted using a triple extension ladder to bring the female back up to hard standing.
“She was left in the hands of the first responder.”
