2023-07-27 23:20:08
Updated Thursday, July 27, 2023 – 23:20
Two other people, also of French nationality, who were with the deceased, have been unharmed.
Rescue device in the Soba cave, this Thursday. Government of Cantabria Government of Cantabria EFE
And french spelunker is dead this afternoon when he was trapped in a cave under exploration in the Cantabrian municipality of Soba, in the area of Portillo de la Sa, for rockfall.
He Government of Cantabria a few hours ago a device of more than 30 people had been activated to rescue the speleologist. Part of this operation has finally managed to reach the victim and has confirmed his death.
As reported by the Executive, the body is in a fairly unstable area due to the rockfall that caused the fatal outcome, so its recovery will still take hours.
It is expected that in a few moments a reinforcement team will enter the cave to try to clear the passage, for which it is likely that they will have to be microblasted.
Two people who were with the deceased, also of French nationality and who have been unharmed, were the ones who notified the emergency services after part of the roof of the cave fell off.
According to the information that has transpired, it is a complex and very narrow cavity, with two 25-meter and 7-meter wells, very narrow meanders that probably would have to be removed with microblasting, and a circular 1.5-meter room where knocked down the roof.
Technicians from the General Directorate of the Interior of the Government of Cantabria, speleologists from Red Cross, Mountain Rescue Group (GREIM) from Civil Guard of Potes, Civil Guard and volunteers from the Ramales de la Victoria Civil Protection Group.
A first evaluation team made up of members of the GREIM, cavers from the Red Cross and the coordinator of the General Directorate of the Interior, initially went to the cave with the aim of evaluating and providing information on the situation. These troops are the ones who have reached the victim and confirmed his death.
Meanwhile, other members of the operation proceeded to mark the area to avoid losses and set up a transmitter at the mouth of the cave to guarantee communications with the police. forward command post, located in the sports center of Soba’s Gndara.
Due to the complexity of the intervention, the rescue was expected to last hours, although the death of the speleologist has finally been confirmed, about whom no further information has been provided for the moment.
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