Successful search and rescue

For The Madera Tribune

A rescued five-year-old is attended to after he wandered away from his campground Saturday evening. He was later found Sunday morning not far from the campgrounds, unhurt.

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The Madera County Sheriff’s office received a call reporting a missing child at the Mammoth Pool Reservoir Campground. 

Deputies learned that a five-year-old boy wandered off from the camp site while family was preparing dinner Saturday evening at about 7 p.m.

MCSO Deputies, along with USFS Law Enforcement personnel, responded to the campground and began a preliminary search of the area. Members of MCSO Boat Patrol Unit and Search and Rescue Team deployed additional equipment and aided search efforts. A trailing K9 from CARDA (California Rescue Dog Association) was brought to the scene, and CHP helicopter H-42 responded to provide aerial support, along with Cal Fire FIRIS Aircraft.