YACHATS, Ore. (KPTV) - A person drowned after they reportedly fell into Thor’s Well on the central Oregon coast on Monday afternoon.

Just after 3:30 p.m., multiple emergency crews responded to Thor’s Well, located just off of Highway 101 near Yachats, for a person who had fallen into the water and was drowning.

In a Facebook post , the Yachats Rural Fire Protection District said that the first arriving crews “were met with conflicting reports from bystanders” about whether the person was still in the water.

Crews quickly determine the person was in the water in Thor’s Well. Due to wave conditions and the nature of the well, officials said crews on the ground were not able to perform any recovery efforts.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter responded to the well at about 4:10 p.m. and a res

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