The country’s emergency services are searching for the missing, three men and two women, all firefighters in Seville, who were practicing canyoning in the province of Barahona.
The authorities of Dominican Republic look for this Friday five Spanish firefighters who disappeared on Thursday a hill in the municipality of La Ciénega, in the province of Barahona (southwest of the country), when they practiced canyoning.
The authorities received “notice” of the disappearance of those five people on Friday morning and “from that very moment search is underway“, the regional director of the Civil Defense in the southwest of the Dominican Republic, Carlos Confidente, who is part of the rescue efforts, told EFE by phone.
Although the names have not been revealed to the press, all the missing are identified.
The Spaniards, three men and two women, all firefighters in Sevillearrived in the Dominican Republic on November 14 to practice canyoning, their compatriot Eduardo Gómez, who was part of the group of friends, regulars in this sport, explained to EFE.
The five Spaniards They disappeared at a time when they were separated from Gómez, who had arrived in this Caribbean country a few days before..
Gómez has tried to communicate with his compatriots, but, he stated, telephone coverage in the area is weak.
The first information about the disappearance of the group was offered in Santo Domingo at a press conference of the emergency agencies to give details of the actions taken by the rain expected this weekendespecially in the southwest of the country, due to a potential tropical cyclone, located 400 kilometers from the capital of Jamaica.
The head of Operations of the Dominican Civil Defense, Delfín Antonio Rodríguez, said in that meeting that Members of the Tourist Police and the National Army also participate in the search for the foreigners..