POLICE have revealed the death of a Blackpool man in a Bradford district reservoir is being treated as "non-suspicious".
West Yorkshire Police released a statement this morning outlining that the body of a 27-year-old man was found and recovered in Ponden Reservoir, on Scar Top Road near Haworth, just before 10pm last night.
The man was said to be from outside of West Yorkshire.
Police told the T&A this afternoon he came from Blackpool, in Lancashire.
Officers are continuing to investigate, but the man's death is not being treated as suspicious.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: "Enquiries are still ongoing into the circumstances however we can confirm the death is being treated as non-suspicious."
Police were first called to Ponden Reservoir by the ambulance service at 5.50pm on Tuesday.
A man was reportedly seen getting into difficulty while swimming in water there, according to a spokesperson for the force.
It provoked a huge emergency response, with police, ambulance, four crews from separate fire stations - including two specialist water teams - the National Police Air Service (NPAS) and specialist police drivers.
The fire crews came from Keighley and Illingworth, with the two specialist water teams coming from each of Bingley and Rastrick.
A spokesperson for Keighley Fire Station said firefighters conducted a search in the water.
Emergency services were searching for almost four hours in total when they found the body.
The T&A has opened an online book of condolence for people to pay their tributes to the 27-year-old.
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