Children's Safety Zone

PHOENIX – A 3-year-old boy is in critical condition after a near-drowning in west Phoenix, according to fire officials.

The Phoenix Fire Department said the child was pulled from a swimming pool at a home near 71st Avenue and McDowell Road at approximately 2 p.m. Sunday. The boy was taken Phoenix Children’s Hospital in extremely critical condition.

Phoenix police spokesman James Holmes said the child’s mother told officers that she was inside cleaning when another one of her children alerted her to the toddler in the pool.

Source: Phoenix FD: Toddler in critical condition after near-drowning – ABC15 Arizona

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) -A toddler drowned on Tucson’s east side Saturday, according to city police.

It is the third water incident involving a child in only 10 days.

On Feb. 27, an 18-month-old boy drowned in the 10400 block of North Flintlock Trail. A homicide unit from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department is investigating that incident.

On Feb. 25, a 1-year-old nearly drowned in the 9000 block of Muleshoe Street.Capt.

Barrett Baker, a spokesman for the Tucson Fire Department, said the latest incident involved a 2-year-old girl. Baker said the child was found in a swimming pool at a home in the 8000 block of East Kenyon Drive.

Source: 2-year-old girl drowns on Tucson’s east side – azfamily.com 3TV | Phoenix Breaking News, Weather, Sport