06/02/2026
From the Afton Police Department,
Parents, please remind children to not be playing near the irrigation ditch in Canyon View or any area where there is swift running water. The current is strong enough at this time that if a small child does fall in, the current will sweep them downstream and possibly take them into a culvert.
As the public may have heard, a child did go into the water in Canyon View Park and into a culvert. The child was rescued due to the quick response and action taken by the Afton Fire Department. The child was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Although other emergency services were on scene, a big "Thank You" goes to the volunteer firefighters of the Afton Fire Department for this rescue!!