Two missing after a boat capsized in an Ecuadorian Amazonian river
Two people remain missing in Ecuador after the boat they were traveling on, carrying three military personnel and a firefighter, capsized this Wednesday in the Santiago River, in the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago, bordering Peru, reported the National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR). The state portfolio indicated that the boat suffered a mechanical failure in the engine while navigating in the middle of the river, which prevented its maneuver and, due to the force of the current, it capsized.
TL;DR
- A boat carrying three military personnel and a firefighter capsized in the Santiago River, Ecuador.
- Two people are currently missing following the incident.
- The capsize was caused by a mechanical failure in the boat's engine, leading to loss of control in the river's current.
- Search and rescue operations are being conducted by the Ecuadorian Army's 61st Santiago Jungle Battalion, supported by local response entities and firefighters.
- The incident is separate from recent heavy rainfall that has caused other fatalities in the country.
- No deaths have been reported at this time.