Emergency services stand down from North Pier sea search after reports of man in water

A search which began last night in the sea around North Pier after a member of the public spotted a person in the water has been called off, after nothing of concern was found.
By Rebecca Beardmore
Published 6th Oct 2021, 19:42 BST
Updated 6th Oct 2021, 19:44 BST
A major search of the sea surrounding North Pier was stood down this morning (October 6).A major search of the sea surrounding North Pier was stood down this morning (October 6).
A major search of the sea surrounding North Pier was stood down this morning (October 6).

RNLI Blackpool were paged to reports of a person in the water near North Pier at around 9.55pm last night (October 5).

Crews from Lytham, Knott End and Fleetwood coastguard launched all-weather lifeboats and carried out a "prolonged search" of the sea.

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Blackpool volunteers also searched the promenade and shoreline on foot with the help of the coastguard helicopter.

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But crews were stood down this morning (October 6), after lifeboat, RNLI and coastguard teams did not find anything of concern.

A spokesman for Fleetwood coastguard said: "Coastguard operations were stopped around mid-morning today.

"All we could really do was throw everything at it and completely saturate the area, which we did, but nothing was found."

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