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Search and rescue teams resume their hunt for diver who’s gone missing at Millerton Lake

Search and rescue teams continued Saturday to search for a diver who went missing a day earlier at Millerton Lake, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office said.

Authorities were told at 6:21 p.m. Friday that a person went on a solo dive in the Meadow Campground area of the lake that afternoon.

Search and rescue personnel checked the shore on foot. Aircraft with thermal technology helped in a search of the water and land.

Additional teams resumed the search Christmas morning.

Anyone with information relating is asked to contact the Madera County Sheriff’s Office at 559-675-7770.

This story was originally published December 25, 2021 at 10:29 AM.

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