A search is underway in Lake Ontario for a missing boater who is believed to have fallen off a vessel in the waters off Scarborough Bluffs.
The Canadian Coast Guard has taken over the search, according to Toronto Fire Services. The coast guard is expected to use a ship and helicopter in the search on Monday.
Crews from Toronto Fire and the Toronto Police Marine Unit were called to Bluffers Park, at the foot of Scarborough Bluffs, near Brimley Road South and Kingston Road, for a report of a person overboard at 9:42 p.m. on Sunday.
People on board using flashlights
Toronto Fire said its William Lyon Mackenzie fireboat searched the waters off the Scarborough Bluffs in Lake Ontario for about three hours until 12:35 p.m., when the Canadian Coast Guard took over.
"We didn't find him, and the coast guard cleared us and they continued the search and we went back to station," Toronto Fire Capt. Michael Westwood said early Monday.
There were other people on board the boat when the person fell off, but it is not known how many, Westwood said.
"It was dark and they were using flashlights so we could see them," he said.
The person fell off the boat "far from the shore," Westwood added.
Westwood could not say if the person was a man or woman, or what happened before the person fell off the boat.
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TorontoFire?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TorontoFire</a> William Lyon Mackenzie fireboat is conducting search operations for a missing person reported overboard on a vessel in Lake Ontario south of the Scarborough Bluffs. <a href="https://t.co/touR0LV8Ze">pic.twitter.com/touR0LV8Ze</a>
—@Toronto_FireUnknown trouble: Bluffers Park<br>-1 person reported to have fallen off a boat<br>-marine units on scene<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GO1053807?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GO1053807</a><br>^ka
—@TPSOperations