Search resumes for missing 89-year-old care home resident

A search for an 89-year-old resident of a care home in Scharnstein will resume on Friday morning after an overnight operation failed to find her, ORF reported.

Fire brigades were called shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday to search in and around Viechtwang, in the Gmunden district. Fire brigades from Grünau im Almtal, Viechtwang, Scharnstein and Laakirchen took part, with teams from Bäckerberg and Kirchdorf an der Krems joining later.

Police and Red Cross drones and specially trained dogs from the Austrian Rescue Dog Brigade also supported the search. The woman had not been found after hours of searching. The operation was due to resume at 7 a.m. on Friday.