Overview

• Medio Ambiente alerted 1-1-2 around 11:46 that a ground crew worker fighting the Barniedo de la Reina–Cardaño de Arriba fire had a rib injury and needed assistance.
• The Centro Coordinador de Emergencias pinpointed the location in a lagoon about 800 meters from the Mazobre waterfall in Velilla del Río Carrión.
• A Junta de Castilla y León rescue helicopter deployed two rescuers, including a nurse, who accessed the site in hover and stabilized the patient.
• Rescuers performed a short-hoist evacuation using a triangle device to a designated transfer point for medical handoff.
• An advanced life support ambulance (UVI móvil) transported the worker to the health center in Guardo after the aerial extraction, with Guardia Civil and the provincial fire brigade notified.