IPOH – The Perak Fire and Rescue Department today deployed tracker dogs from its K9 unit to locate an 8-year-old boy feared drowned while bathing at Teratak River View, Lubuk Hantu, Simpang Empat in Tg Malim yesterday.
The state department’s assistant director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said the two dogs were part of the search operation through the river bank searching method.
“The team resumed the operations this morning with surface searching covering a distance of 2km from the location where the victim was last seen,” he said in a statement today.
He said the rescue efforts, which entered the second day today, involved 24 firefighters from the Tg Malim Fire and Rescue station, and the department’s water rescue team personnel from Ipoh, Kuala Kangsar, and Teluk Intan.
The operation was also assisted by police, People’s Volunteer Corps, and Civil Defence Force personnel, as well as seven members of the Kg Slim Volunteer Fire Brigade, he said.
Yesterday, the Fire Department received a distress call about the victim who was feared drowned while bathing in the river. He was wearing a black swimsuit with green spots when he went missing at 5.06pm. – Bernama, June 4, 2023
