The four speleologists who remained trapped in the Vallina cave (Arredondo) due to the rising water flow have been able to leave the cavity on their own this morning, after 1:30 a.m., as reported by the Government.
The Executive established a rescue operation to come to their aid with the expectation that three teams with different missions would enter the cavity, although, in the end, the intervention of none of them was necessary.
The speleologists, who were exploring the cave and creating maps, planned to leave the chasm on Saturday afternoon and reported this to 112, so on Sunday morning the emergency services of the Executive began mobilizations to go to the cave. in your help; actions that coincided in time with the departure of three of the athletes who had managed to cross the underground river and give notice of the situation of their four companions.
Once they reported what had happened, they went back into the cave to help their companions without success.
The rescue operation, coordinated by technicians from the Government’s Civil Protection and Emergencies, was launched after 8:30 p.m. An Advanced Command Post (PMA) was formed as an operational center at the headquarters of the Cantabrian Federation of Speleology, in Arredondo, from which Government rescue technicians, Red Cross troops, GREIM agents of the Civil Guard and volunteers from Civil Protection established an action plan with three incursions into the cave, the first to establish a communications system and a warm area with dry clothing and food inside, and a third to reach those affected and remove them from the point where they were found.
However, the decrease in the river’s flow has allowed the four speleologists to leave the cavity on their own.
