French Hiker Airlifted From Cliffside As Alicante Firefighters Race To Rescue

Alicante’s provincial firefighters person faced an aggravated week of upland rescues and roadworthy emergencies crossed nan province, pinch respective group injured and 1 fatality reported. On Sunday November 9, rescue teams were deployed to Peñón de la Lobera aft receiving an alert regarding a French hiker successful his seventies who was believed to person suffered a fractured ankle.

Firefighters accessed nan injured man utilizing a rescue harness and winched him into nan provincial rescue helicopter. He was flown to nan San Vicente station, wherever he was transferred to a Basic Life Support ambulance for further treatment. Fire crews wished him a swift recovery.

Tragic postulation mishap successful Ibi connected nan A-7 work road

On nan aforesaid day, firefighters were called to a tragic postulation mishap successful Ibi aft a conveyance near nan roadworthy connected nan A-7 work road. A dense municipality pump and a rescue portion from Ibi position attended nan scene, on pinch a sergeant and sub-officer from Cocentaina. Despite efforts to free nan trapped driver, nan mishap resulted successful a fatality. The Alicante Provincial Fire Consortium expressed its deepest condolences to nan victim’s family and friends.

“This week we person responded to 134 emergencies, including 13 location fires, 8 upland rescues and an business storage occurrence successful Elda,” nan Consortium said successful a statement.

The engaged play continued connected Saturday November 8, erstwhile Torrevieja firefighters were called to nan centre of municipality aft a driver collided pinch a roundabout and became trapped wrong nan vehicle. Fire crews had to usage master instrumentality to merchandise nan man, whose legs were pinned aft nan impact. The accelerated coordination pinch SAMU Torrevieja and nan Local Police was cardinal to nan occurrence of nan operation.

Another superior incident connected nan A-77

That aforesaid day, firefighters successful San Vicente responded to different superior incident connected nan A-77, wherever a conveyance had gone disconnected nan roadworthy and was near hanging dangerously complete nan separator of a bridge. Fire teams stabilised nan conveyance and secured nan area earlier rescuing nan driver trapped inside.

Earlier successful nan week, connected November 7, upland rescue crews were called to Ibi pursuing reports that a female had suffered a suspected bosom onslaught while hiking adjacent nan Cruz de Teixereta. She received punctual aesculapian attraction and was evacuated by chopper to San Vicente, wherever she was transferred to a SAMU ambulance. Firefighters wished her a speedy recovery.

Peñón de Ifach rescue

Just 2 days earlier, connected Wednesday, November 5, a 24-year-old female had to beryllium airlifted from nan acme area of nan Peñón de Ifach successful Calpe aft dislocating her shoulder. The woman, who was hiking pinch friends, reportedly near nan marked way earlier slipping and injuring herself. She became dizzy and nauseous, prompting an emergency aerial rescue. A firefighter was lowered from chopper Alpha 01, secured nan injured hiker and lifted her into nan aircraft. 

Rescuers pass that incidents connected nan Peñón de Ifach are becoming progressively frequent, peculiarly during highest seasons. Visitors often underestimate nan terrain aliases stray from marked paths. Emergency services impulse hikers to deterioration due footwear, transportation plentifulness of h2o and travel signposted routes.