Two folks had been trapped when ice collapsed whereas visiting a cave on an Icelandic glacier, police mentioned.
Emergency crews obtained calls about an ice collapse on the Breidamerkurjökull glacier within the south of the nation simply earlier than 15:00 native time (16:00 BST) on Sunday.
There was a gaggle of 25 folks on a guided tour.
4 folks had been hit by the ice. In line with native media studies, as of twenty-two:00 BST, rescuers had been nonetheless looking for two different folks, two of whom had been critically injured.
Native information media reported that 200 folks had been concerned in rescue operations that will proceed into the night time.
The police mentioned in a press launch issued at round 18:00 that an ice cave had collapsed.
Nonetheless, senior police officer Sveinn Kristján Rúnarsson was quoted by Icelandic information outlet Visir as saying that folks had been really standing within the gorge between the cave openings when the ice wall collapsed.
Breidamerkurjökull is the so-called glacier tongue that extends from the big glacier Vatnajökull to the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon. Ice Tongue is known for its ice caves, and teams supply guided excursions.
