Landslide in a cave in Sardinia, the stranded speleologist is alive

The speleologist buried this afternoon by a landslide inside the Gorropeddu cave, in the Urzulei area, in Sardinia, is still stuck inside the cave, ten meters deep, but he is alive.

According to information arriving from rescuers who dig to save him, the man is alive and conscious. However, his health condition is not known.

The operations for his recovery are continuing and are very complex: more than 30 technicians from the National Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps, including doctors and experts in unblocking, supported by the firefighters, are proceeding with the manual removal of the material blocking the entrance to the cave, in order to reach the man, who should be buried under further debris of various sizes.

The strengthening of the rescue device is also underway: thanks to the support of the Air Force, the transfer by helicopter of three additional Alpine and Speleological Rescue technicians specialized in clearing obstructions from central Italy and another eight Sardinian technicians is planned.

Also on site to support the rescue operations were the firefighters, who set up an advanced command post with the team from the Tortolì Fire Brigade Detachment, the Alpine River Speleo (SAF) teams from the Nuoro Command and 16 USAR Medium units transported to Gorropeddu by the Decimomannu Air Force.