Scott Hern, of Ironton, has not been seen since the Fourth of July. Search teams are looking for him in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. (submitted photo)

CAMPTON, Ky. — The search for a missing Ironton man in the Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky continued on Wednesday with additional searchers and an expanded search area.

In a Facebook post by the Wolfe County Search & Rescue, they said the vehicle of Scott Allen Hern was found on July 13 in a parking lot on Highway 715 in Red River Gorge.

Hern was reported as missing to the Ironton Police Department by his family after they hadn’t seen him since July 4 and last heard from him on July 5.

Members of the Wolfe County Search & Rescue was sent into the Sal Branch Waterfalls area on Tuesday night and searched until midnight but were unable to located Hern in the very rugged off-trail area.

On Wednesday, the search was expanded into a new area of the woods with and with additional searchers.

In a Facebook post, officials said that 25 team members from Wolfe County Search & Rescue, Powell County Search & Rescue and Red STAR Wilderness EMS and two canine units from Hunter Hounds focused the search in the area of Tower Rock and Sal Branch Waterfalls.

A new lead placed Hern in the woods off the Tower Rock Trail on July 6 and previously reported last-seen date of July 13 was not accurate and is being revised to July 6 at both the Jump Rock parking area and Tower Rock Trail. Investigators believe that Hern’s vehicle has not moved since July 6.

A larger scale ground search is being planned for Saturday if he is not found prior.

Hern is 48 and described as 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighing 275 pounds and having light brown hair and green eyes.

Anyone with information about this case can call, Wolfe County dispatch at 606-668-6757.