Warden service searching for missing teen in Androscoggin River

 Emergency responders were at the scene by Gulf Island Dam on the Androscoggin River on Friday night, responding to reports that a teenager fell in the river. (Courtesy of Julie Giguere) The Maine Warden Service Dive Team is searching for a missing 18-year-old who may have drowned after falling into the Androscoggin River in Lewiston on Friday night. Siloe C. Irumva, of Lewiston, was fishing with friends near the Gulf Island Dam on the Androscoggin River along Switzerland Road in Lewiston about 7:30 p.m. when he allegedly slipped on a rock while trying to detangle a fishing lure from a tree branch and fell into the water, the state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said in a news release. The river’s current swept him downstream, submerging him underwater, the release said. Irumva’s friends called 911 to report the incident. Authorities say that Maine Game Wardens, Lewiston police and the Lewiston Fire Department searched Friday night with boats, ground searchers on the shore and with drones. Game wardens resumed searching with the dive team Saturday, but fluctuating water conditions in the portion of the river between two dams was hindering the search. Brookfield will limit water flow to allow divers to search for a few hours, the release said. Lewiston resident and witness Julie Giguere said responders were on the scene by Gulf Island Dam until about 11:30 p.m. Friday and were not present in that spot the next morning at daylight. Copy the Story Link Tagged: [androscoggin river](https://www.pressherald.com/tag/androscoggin-river/), [lewiston maine](https://www.pressherald.com/tag/lewiston-maine/) [](https://www.pressherald.com/author/madeleine-kaptein) [Madeleine KapteinStaff Writer](https://www.pressherald.com/author/madeleine-kaptein) Madeleine is a community reporter for Gorham, Buxton and Standish. She started her journalism career in Vermont, where she reported for Seven Days and served as the editor-in-chief of Middlebury College's. [More by Madeleine Kaptein](https://www.pressherald.com/author/madeleine-kaptein)