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Missing boy sea search continues in Somerset Burnham missing boy sea search now recovery
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Rescue teams are continuing to search for a four-year-old boy who went missing at Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset. Rescue teams are continuing to search for a four-year-old boy who went missing at Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset on Sunday evening.
Emergency services were called at about 18:00 BST on Sunday after the boy's parents were seen going into the sea to try to rescue him. Emergency services were called at about 18:00 BST after the boy's parents were seen going into the sea to try to rescue him.
They were treated at the scene for water ingestion.They were treated at the scene for water ingestion.
Rescue teams from Portishead, Weston and Clevedon have been involved in the search for the boy, which was conducted through the night. Emergency services searched for part of the night, with teams from Clevedon, Weston, Watchet and Portishead.
Tris Newey, from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said: "We were told he had fallen off the slipway into the water at about six o'clock - his parents went in after him. The call was made by someone who saw the boy's parents jumping in at the jetty, which is about two metres deep.
"We arrived about 20 minutes later, helped the parents get out of the water and started the search at that point. 'Very sad'
"It can be quite hazardous as we're at spring tides at the moment," he said. Dave Hughes from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said: "At one point we had five coastguard rescue teams, three search-and-rescue aircraft and six inshore lifeboats all searching that area."
He said that at the time of the rescue the water was at high tide, but once it ebbed overnight teams were able to expand their search along the exposed area of beach.
The tide is expected to come back in at about 09:30 BST. Teams will decide then whether to wait until the tide is lower so they can see more of the coastline again.
BBC reporter Clinton Rogers, speaking from the scene at Burnham, said: "As I look out I can see two lifeboats, they are searching quite a long stretch of coastline - about a five-mile stretch as far out as Bridgwater Bay.
"It's very sad to see the family looking out over the wall, desperately clinging on to hope of good news, but everyone is now convinced this is an operation that will eventually recover a body - that's the sadness of it - but they're not giving up."