KALYAN: A 16-year-old girl is believed to have drowned while trying to rescue her mother and four-year-old sister from drowning in a water-filled quarry in Dombivli on Sunday. Till Sunday night, a rescue team was unable to find her.
Fire brigade officials said the incident took place on Sunday at 11am in Kolegaon, Dombivli (east). Geeta Shetty (36), had gone to the quarry to wash clothes with her daughters Pari (4), Lavanya (16) and her son Bablu (6).
Pari lost her balance and fell into the water. A fire brigade official said Geeta jumped into the water to save her daughter. Geeta, who does not know how to swim, started drowning. Seeing her mother and sister drowning, Lavanya jumped into the water to help.
Geeta and Pari managed to rescue themselves. Unfortunately, Lavanya was not able to get out of the water and drowned.
Locals informed Manpada police and the fire brigade department. They used a boat to look for Lavanya. Late on Sunday night, the search operation was called off due to darkness.
Chief fire officer Dilip Gund said: "On Monday, our team will start searching for her again."