Two hikers were rescued near the Tartigou River in Saint-Ulric

The two young men are hiking in the forest and they are taking pictures. Then they ventured near the water and one of the two lost a foot in the river and went with the current. The second tried to save him, in vain.said the director of the Regional Fire Safety Service MRC from La Matanie (SRSI), Jimmy Marceau.

At around 3 p.m., a squad of five firefighters from the City of Matane’s Fire Department (SSI) was called to intervene.

They conducted a nautical rescue with a first hiker.

Ever since ISS had no equipment needed to assist the second hiker, nine firefighters from SRSIwho specializes in rock wall rescue, will also go to the site around 5 p.m.

One of the two hikers went further away. He was able to take shelter in a pile of rocks by the river, but it was too steep for him to get stuck alone.continued Mr. Marceau.

Ropes, harness, carabiner and a cacolet were required to perform the rescues.

Complex rescues

Jimmy Marceau indicated that firefighters of both teams will have to overcome some challenges during these rescue operations.

We did not arrive MTB, so we had to share all the equipment between the rescuers to take them to the trails. At one point there was no more trail so we had to make one to get to the ridge to pick up the man.he lifted.

” We had a great collaboration, it was a great success. “

All is well That ends well

In less than an hour, the two hikers were brought home and placed in a safe area.

According to Jimmy Marceau, the two people had minor injuries.

Whoever was in the water was not injured. He is more in hypothermia and most of all, in our fly season now, he has a lot of fly bites, so in our kit we had a little fly oil to protect him as we went. the installation of equipment for its raisinghe pointed out.

Mr. remembers. Marceau that these types of rescue are rare in the region, but different fire teams in the MRC on the territory is equipped to intervene.

There is information from Kim Bergeron