Big scale SAR activated to find fireman who fell into river at Mak Mandin Jetty

BUTTERWORTH: The Fire and Rescue Department are taking four approaches in the search and rescue (SAR) operation for a fireman, Mohd Izwan Illias, 42, who fell off a boat while carrying out maintenance work at the Fire and Rescue Department’s Marine Jetty in Mak Mandin, here on Thursday night (Feb 23).

The Fire and Rescue Department director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad said a big scale operation had been activated this morning within a one-kilometre radius from where Mohd Izwan had fallen.