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A second person is missing Saturday in the Var, after major floods caused in the department placed on alert by Météo-France red. While a 77-year-old man was searched all day near the waterways in Saint-Antonin-du-Var, a person fell into the water after the accident of a lifeboat in Muy. At the microphone in Europe 1, Captain Peter Jones, head of the Muy fire station, ensures that searches will continue into the night. "We make every effort to find" the missing, he says.
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This civilian disappeared after suffering the accident of a lifeboat that capsized Saturday night. The three firefighters on board and the three civilians they were carrying all fell into the water, and one of the civilians was not found. "When they rescued and rescued three people, their boat capsized," confirms Peter Jones to Europe 1. "They were working in extremely difficult conditions with the current, obstacles and objects washed away by the current" he says, describing an operation "of extreme delicacy and risk."
"The water level continues to rise"
Has the person been swept away by the current? "It's very possible," said Peter Jones, "but we are doing our best to try to find her."
The research will continue in the night, even as the rain continues to fall, "the water level continues to rise and many obstacles and objects are washed away by the current." For Peter Jones, "all this makes operations difficult, but we continue."