A man and teenager who drowned in a reservoir in Scotland have been identified by police.
The bodies of Sean Marshall, 20, and Ross Munn, 17, were pulled from Mill Glen Reservoir near Ardrossan in North Ayrshire by police divers shortly before midnight.
A search and rescue operation was launched at around 8pm on Monday night after the pair were seen getting into the water but failed to resurface.
A police underwater unit and helicopter were supported by around 10 firefighters and Coastguard staff. Two fire and rescue crews from Ardrossan and Ayr went to the scene, along with a Zodiac water rescue boat from Ayr.
Police said the families of Mr Munn, from Ardrossan, and Mr Marshall, from Saltcoats, have been told of their deaths.
The reservoir is near Ardrossan in North Ayrshire There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding what happened and a report will be sent to the procurator fiscal.
Mill Glen is a small reservoir with an earth embankment dam located about a mile northeast of Ardrossan.
Superintendent Neil Kerr warned people of the dangers of playing or swimming in open water during warm weather.
"It may look calm on the surface, but there may be strong undercurrents," he said.
"The water can also be very cold and deep, and there are often sudden drops and underwater obstacles and undergrowth that you cannot see, causing even the strongest of swimmers to get into difficulty very easily."
Flowers have been left at the scene Carlene McAvoy, Scotland's community safety development officer for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), said: "When the weather hots up, we understand the temptation to go swimming in open water, like a reservoir, but there are many issues that people may not be aware of.
"Things to remember are that the water might be a lot colder and deeper than you expect, and there may be strong currents and underwater debris, which may lead to even the most experienced swimmer getting into difficulties.
"Consider how you are going to get out of the water before you get in, and be honest about your swimming ability."
She advised only swimming at "properly-supervised sites", such as beaches, lidos or swimming pools.
The latest fatalities takes this summer's death toll from swimming accidents to 18.
Some 13 of those occurred during the July heatwave, which was Britain's longest spell of hot weather for seven years.
Last week a 16-year-old's body was recovered from the River Tay near Perth, just days after two teenage friends died when one of them went bathing in the River Wear at Washington, Tyne and Wear, and the other jumped in to save her.
Sussie Ahlburg died at Hampstead Heath ladies' pool Police have issued repeated warnings about the dangers of entering rivers to cool off during the hot weather.
Meanwhile, a woman who died at a bathing pond on London's Hampstead Heath has been identified as a Swedish photographer.
Sussie Ahlburg, 50, who lived in Holborn, central London, was found in the ladies' pool yesterday afternoon after being reported missing by her family.
She had gone swimming at the popular site in north west London on Sunday, and relatives raised the alarm around 9.20pm that day when she did not come home.
Detectives said her death is being treated as unexplained and are appealing for witnesses who might have seen her around the ladies' pond on Sunday August 4.
She is described as five feet 10 inches tall and slim with greying hair and long legs. She was wearing a white 'Speedo' swimming hat, blue prescription swimming goggles and a dark navy/black tankini.
A post-mortem is due to take place at St Pancras Mortuary.
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