Dallas firefighters have suspended their search for a person who was reported missing in flash flooding Thursday afternoon.
Someone was reported to have been swept downstream in Bachman Creek, near Walnut Hill. Dallas firefighters told NBC 5 a witness reported having a hand on the victim, but he slipped away and was swept into the rain-swollen creek. The area where the 911 call was placed has several homeless camps along the water's edge and in the trees that line the creek.
Dallas Fire-Rescue spent hours walking the shoreline.
"So we're going to walk to where the first reports of the person in the water are," explained one firefighter, as he hiked along the creek's edge. "And we're going to work our way back, see what we can see."
The creek was filled with debris that could catch and trap a victim.
Firefighters also used boats in the search, which was called off at about 6:30 p.m. with no sign of anyone in the water.
"It's a very tough operation despite the extensive training that our members do on things like this every day," said Jason Evans, Public Information Officer for Dallas Fire Rescue.
If the water recedes enough, search teams will be back Friday to look along the shoreline again.
