BUTTERWORTH: A fireman is feared to have drowned while doing boat maintenance work at the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department's marine jetty in Mak Mandin here yesterday.
The victim, Mohd Izwan Ilias, 42, who is also a member of the Underwater Rescue Team of the Butterworth Fire and Rescue Station, is said to have fallen into the river about 10pm while doing boat maintenance work at the jetty.
State Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (Operations) Khairy Sulaiman said a search and rescue operation was mounted soon after the department received a call at 10.20pm.
"A supervisor found the victim missing from the boat when making an inspection. He (supervisor) found that the victim was not on the boat and the boat was also drifting before he heard screams from the victim," he told reporters at the scene.
– Bernama