“Appearances can be deceiving, and there is no guarantee that local bodies of water are frozen thick enough to support weight,” firefighters warned.
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Firefighters in Malden and Lynn are urging residents to steer clear of icy bodies of water after rescuing two people who fell through ice this week.
The first rescue happened in Malden around 2 p.m. Wednesday, when fire crews responded to Fellsmere Pond for reports of a person in distress in the water. They arrived to find a young woman holding onto the edge of the ice and managed to pull her from the water in less than 30 seconds, according to the Malden Fire Department…