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    False alarm at Exeter Quay

    Emergency services called to upturned canoe.

    A member of the public called 999 after finding a capsized canoe on Wednesday afternoon (22nd May)

    Radio Exe's Jamie Taylor said there were 2 fire engines, 3 ambulances and police at Shooting Marsh Stile near Exe Bridges. 

    But a police spokesperson has confirmed the canoe had simply broken free of its mooring and no one was in it. 

    The police helicopter was also seen flying over the area. 

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