Updated 9.07 PM

SEARCH TEAMS ON Lough Erne are continuing to search for one person after a boat capsized this evening.

Six people were on board the vessel when it capsized and sank with five people subsequently rescued.

A number of Enniskillen RNLI lifeboats are involved in the search and an Irish Coast Guard helicopter is also overhead.

Major rescue underway near Portora lock. Reports that 6 people were on boat when it capsized and sank. One missing pic.twitter.com/tfhTwuxrmZ
— Julian Fowler (@FermanaghJulian) May 16, 2014

Julian Fowler / Twitter

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