Two individuals are nonetheless lacking and one particular person has been hospitalised after the ice cave collapsed on Sunday.
A minimum of one particular person has died after an ice cave partially collapsed whereas a gaggle of vacationers have been visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southern Iceland.
Two individuals have been significantly injured within the incident on Sunday, with one dying from their accidents on the scene of the accident and the opposite airlifted to a hospital within the capital Reykjavik.
“4 individuals received caught underneath the ice, two individuals have already been rescued from the ice and are significantly injured,” Sudurland police stated.
“The search remains to be on for the 2 individuals trapped within the ice cave,” the assertion added.
Native information web site Visir stated all out there rescue groups have been looking, along with three helicopters from the Icelandic Coast Guard and the Danish Navy.
Due to the ruggedness of the terrain, Visir continued, it was not attainable to convey giant icebreaking machines to the location, leaving the rescue groups utilizing handheld saws and different instruments to interrupt the ice.
The operation was paused after dusk because of the harmful situations, however the police stated efforts would resume on Monday morning.
Police stated on Sunday that the decision in regards to the collapse got here in at 3pm, when 4 individuals out of a gaggle of 25 vacationers and their tour information, have been hit by ice whereas exploring the cave.
The ice cave close to the glacial lagoon Jokulsarlon, the place the incident occurred, is a well-liked vacationer vacation spot.
The collapse was additionally unlikely associated to a Friday volcano eruption in southeast Iceland, which occurred about 300km (186 miles) from the ice cave.