27th Nov 2022 @ 10:39 am

A 73-year-old Polish woman was rescued from Montaña Roja in Playa Blanca yesterday.

Emergency services attended the scene to find that the woman had twisted and fractured her left ankle.   The leg was immobilised and the woman carried in a stretcher down the mountainside to a waiting ambulance

Firemen, local police and members of the SUC (Canarian Casualty Service) all participated in the rescue. 

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