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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