The Generalitat Bombers have rescued three people this Sunday, two of them with hypothermia, trapped by the storm in the area of the lake of Certascan in the Lleida Pyrenees. A first hiker, with symptoms of hypothermia, He has notified the emergency services at 2:30 p.m. from the Certascan refuge and has been evacuated by land during the afternoon, the Bombers inform Europa Press.
The other two have been located on the mountain: one “is in good health and has been able to make the descent on his own foot” and the other has symptoms of hypothermia and around 8:30 p.m. the Firefighters evacuated him with difficulties due to the rain .
Weather conditions prevent, for now, the evacuation of the three people. As explained by the Firefighters through the networks, the rescued they spent the night in the shelter and remain stable. However, the weather prevents the rescue by helicopter. For this reason, the Special Action Group (GRAE) will continue in the shelter until they can safely evacuate those rescued.
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A total of 33 professionals -firefighters and health personnel- They have participated in the rescue efforts.
The three people, along with a fourth who was able to alert them to what had happened, were doing the Porta del Cel route yesterday, Sunday, between the Catalan and French Pyrenees (Ariege), and when they were in Certascan they were surprised by bad weather , with rain, wind, fog and a sharp drop in temperatures, which dropped to 0 degrees at elevation 3,000.
The Generalitat Fire Brigade moved a helicopter and a team from the GRAE of la Seu d’Urgell (Lleida) together with a doctor from the Emergency Medical System (SEM), but the weather conditions did not allow the helicopter to get close, so it had to leave the rescue personnel at an altitude of about 2,000 meters, about 200 meters from the shelter.
From that point, the rescue teams approached by land to where the hikers were, one of whom was injured and with symptoms of severe hypothermia and lost consciousness.
The firefighters activated another two helicopters to transfer more personnel to the area to rescue the other two people, as well as six ground units and personnel from other fire stations in the area.
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At about 4:45 p.m., members of the GRAE from La Seu d’Urgell located the two hikers at about 2,600 meters, one of them with serious signs of hypothermia and the other, unharmed, who was able to descend to the refuge on his own foot.
The hiker who had the worst conditions He had to be evacuated on a stretcher to the shelter, where he arrived at 8:45 p.m.