With the tide rising along Scotland's Fife coast, rescuers brought a stranded dog walker and his three dogs to safety.
The man had become stuck after a fall.
Here's what to know
The incident happened on Oct. 26, on rocks near Pettycur Beach in the Kinghorn area, according to STV News.
Emergency services were alerted just before 11 a.m. when passersby reported witnessing the man's fall.
Kinghorn's Royal National Lifeboat Institution crew launched to assist the stranded walker as part of a response involving police, ambulance personnel, and the fire service.
Coastguard teams responded from South Queensferry, Leven, and Kinghorn.
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Parts of Scotland's coast had been hit by serious flooding, high winds, and downpours from Storm Boelo.
The storm was drawing to a close when the rescue occurred.
What's being done?
"We were on scene two minutes after launch and one of our crewmembers went ashore to carry out a casualty care assessment," a Kinghorn RNLI social media post said of the response, per STV News.
An ambulance crew was waiting nearby to attend to the man.
Rescuers brought him to the crew along the rocks after placing him on a stretcher.
"The casualty was near the water's edge with an incoming flood tide," the post explained.
"The casualty was initially moved higher up the rocks, away from the water," Kinghorn RNLI added.
Where can I learn more?
Other dogs and their owners have needed rescue after becoming stranded near water or on steep terrain.
• California drones spotted a woman and dog stranded on a boulder.
• After a California van crash, crews rescued a second dog from the surf.
• South Australian rescuers saved a dog missing for a week from a crater lake cliff.
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