20 search crew members, 2 boats looking for missing swimmer in Buntzen Lake
Coquitlam Search and Rescue is responding but has little information to share
Coquitlam Search and Rescue is responding to a report of a missing male swimmer in Buntzen Lake in Anmore, B.C.
Tom Zajac, vice-president and search team leader, says the RCMP activated the team at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
He says it's responding with 20 crew members and two boats.
Coquitlam SAR activated by the RCMP at 5pm for reports of a missing male swimmer. We responded with 20 members and two boats with Coq SAR Marine and Field teams are currently conducting water and shoreline searches. <a href="https://twitter.com/cqrcmp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cqrcmp</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SasamatFire?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SasamatFire</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BC_EHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BC_EHS</a> on scene. <a href="https://t.co/gHhuvsqzD5">pic.twitter.com/gHhuvsqzD5</a>
—@CoquitlamSARZajac says he doesn't have details on the gender or age of the missing swimmer, or information from witnesses to share at this time.
Buntzen Lake is about 35 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.
If today's missing swimmer turns out to be a fatality, it will be the 7th water-related fatality BC GSAR <a href="https://twitter.com/BCSARAssoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BCSARAssoc</a> teams have responded to in the last 4 weeks <a href="https://t.co/NQ7UwyB65p">https://t.co/NQ7UwyB65p</a>
—@CoquitlamSAR