FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: BODIES OF CHRISTOPHER & REGIS LAVOIE, FIREFIGHTERS FOUND NEAR BAIE ST. PAUL QC!

Bodies of missing firefighters found near Baie-Saint-Paul, Que. Police are still not confirming identities of 2 bodies found, saying that's up to coroner The body of the second firefighter lost when floodwaters overwhelmed him and a colleague during a rescue operation in Saint-Urbain, Que., has been found, Radio-Canada has learned.

The first body, belonging to 55-year-old Régis Lavoie, was found Wednesday morning between Saint-Urbain and Baie-Saint-Paul, his family confirmed to Radio-Canada.

Régis and Christopher Lavoie, 23, were swept away in the strong current of a swollen river on Monday, spurring an intense search effort.

The second body was found about four hours later, some 500 metres away, at around 1:30 p.m., according to Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville, a Sûreté du Québec spokesperson, during a news conference.

"The rising waters made it very difficult to access the place where the two bodies were found," she said, noting they were located about five kilometres from where they first went missing.

So far, police are not confirming the identity of the bodies, citing the need for an official coroner's identification. However, Dorsainville noted the two bodies were wearing firefighters' clothing.

Though the two men shared the same last name, they were not related.

The two part-time firefighters with the Saint-Urbain fire service were helping residents trapped by rising river levels when they were caught in the current.

Marylou Lavoie, Régis's daughter, told Radio-Canada on Tuesday that her father was in an amphibious ATV with Christopher Lavoie when the strength of the current capsized their vehicle.

"My dad tried to hold on to a tree, but it didn't work," she said, relaying information she heard from police. "The [ATV] hit him and the current took him."

She described her father as "a hero to everyone, always ready to help, never able to say no."