Two men stuck at the bottom of a 12 meter deep sinkhole in the Gard, they did not have enough equipment to climb back up

It was a great fear that the two thirty-somethings must have had this Monday, January 21, at the end of the day, around 6 p.m. If history does not say why the two men aged 30 and 36 found themselves at the bottom of this sinkhole, towards Conqueyras, in the Viganais region, the fact remains that at nightfall, they are found stuck. According to the departmental fire and rescue service of Gard, it is because of a “lack of equipment to return to the surface”that the two individuals were unable to return to the surface.

Victims safe and sound

To intervene, emergency services accompanied by a GRIMP team (reconnaissance and intervention group in dangerous environments), reinforced by an ambulance and a group leader, carried out the extraction of the two people using rescue techniques. rope. The sinkhole is almost twelve meters deep. SDIS 30, however, reassures about the condition of the victims “which did not require transport to a hospital center”.