Search of canal in Wigan amid fears for dog walker

A search operation was launched amid concerns a dog walker had fallen into the canal in Wigan.
By The Newsroom
Published 3rd Dec 2018, 07:26 BST
Updated 3rd Dec 2018, 08:30 BST
Emergency services were called at 11.40pmEmergency services were called at 11.40pm
Emergency services were called at 11.40pm

A woman living close to the Dover Lock Inn, on Warrington Road, Abram, heard two splashes at around 11.40pm on Sunday and went to investigate.

Other news: Man arrested on suspicion of rape in WiganShe saw two greyhounds in the water and helped to rescue them, as well as raising the alarm with the emergency services.

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Fearing the dogs' owner had fallen into the water, police, firefighters and paramedics attended.

A search operation got under way and the police helicopter was used.

But no-one was found and as the emergency services were leaving at 1.40am, a man arrived to say they were his dogs and they he had lost them in the Platt Bridge area.

Luke McDiarmid, crew manager at Hindley fire station, said: "Obviously we have to go through the motions of conducting a thorough search because until we got that information, it was believed that someone could have fallen in."

It followed a search of the River Douglas after reports a woman had fallen into the water at 10.30pm on Friday.

That was called off when the woman was found "safe and well" elsewhere on Saturday.

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