On The Second Day Of The Search For Toddlers Dragged By The Tabbuo River, West Sumatra, 100 SAR Members Were Distributed
The search for a toddler named Fatin (5) who was swept away by the Tambuo River in Jorong Pasa, Nagari or Batu Kambing Village, Ampek Nagari District, West Sumatra (West Sumatra), was again carried out today. The Head of Emergency and Logistics Division of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Agam Ichwan Pratama Danda said as many as 100 joint SAR team members were deployed for the search.
"This is a search on the second day and hopefully the victim will be found," he said in Lubuk Basung, West Sumatra, Wednesday, August 7, which was confiscated by Antara. He said 100 members of the joint SAR team were divided into four small teams and each team with a total of about 25 people. The first team conducted a sweep from the bridge to the scene and the second team conducted a sweep with rafting from Lubuk Ngun to the bottom.
Meanwhile, a team of three sweeping using a viber boat decreased from concrete to bottom and a team of four combed the riverbanks from the Bawang dam. "We are mobilizing full strength in finding the presence of victims dragged by this current," he said.