In the midst of this unforgiving heat wave, families across Tennessee are doing what they can to stay cool.
But a Chapel Hill family has a warning about safety after their 5-year-old son got his hand stuck in a swimming pool jet. "I'm not really sure how it happened, but yes, his hand was definitely stuck," Chapel Hill Fire Chief Matthew Stout said.
On Tuesday, the Chapel Hill Fire Department said 5-year-old Leon Johnston got his hand stuck in a pool jet. At first, crews attempted to get the boy's hand out using simpler methods, but it became obvious that more help was needed.
"Initially, they tried doing things like dawn and baby oil and all kinds of things like that to get his hands free but it became apparent that it wasn't going to come out without extensive work and actually removing some concrete," Stout said.