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Dogs were also used in the search.(Bild: Matthias Lauber/laumat.at)

Emergency services spent the whole night searching for a missing 85-year-old man in Vöcklabruck. The man is believed to be physically fit but suffering from dementia. He was reported missing shortly after 10 p.m. and spent the night outside in freezing temperatures of minus five degrees. The search continued on Saturday morning.

Firefighters, police officers, all available search dog teams from Upper Austria and drone pilots from the Red Cross searched for a missing 85-year-old in Vöcklabruck on Saturday night. The search was urgent, as it was freezing below five degrees Celsius that night.

Search aborted
At 4 o'clock in the morning, however, the search had to be called off without success. There was no trace of the missing man, the city area and surrounding woodland had been searched.

Physically fit
According to the police, the man should be physically fit, goes for walks in the woods twice a day, but suffers from dementia. Shortly after 10 p.m., he was reported missing by staff at the assisted living facility. The search for the elderly man continued on Saturday morning.