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Police, firefighters work to recover body from west Phoenix canal
Police and firefighters worked to recover a body from a west Phoenix canal, the fire department said Tuesday.
PHOENIX - Police and firefighters recovered a body from a west Phoenix canal, the fire department said Tuesday.
According to Phoenix Fire, crews responded on Aug. 31 to a canal near Interstate 10 and 79th Avenue for reports of a body in a canal.
"Firefighters got on the scene and determined that this will be a ‘body recovery’ and not a rescue," the department said in a statement.
Phoenix Police said there was no trauma on the body that would have caused death.
The victim's identity has not been released.
The Associated Press (AP) contributed to this report.
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