Overview
- Calls reporting a person in the water came to Fern Creek fire officials on Sunday evening and crews rescued two people while a third person was last seen being swept under and remains missing.
- Teams paused search operations around 10 p.m. Sunday because low visibility and unusually fast currents made night work unsafe, and officials shifted the mission from rescue to recovery.
- Crews returned Monday morning to resume a grid search that has used about four boats, shoreline teams, drones, a K‑9 unit and rotating crews covering roughly eight miles downstream.
- Assistant Chief Dewayne Hutchens said the current was about three times faster than normal and that flood debris and tree limbs have likely complicated efforts by snagging or hiding a submerged victim.
- Roughly 50 emergency personnel from multiple local agencies have been involved in the operation and officials plan to reassess resources and search strategy again after Monday evening.