A Spanish tourist has died on Tuesday because of the avalanche that occurred in the highest mountain in Armenia, the Aragots, which exceeds 4,000 meters high, the rescue services have reported.
Rescue troops try to find Spanish under the snow, which would be in the north face of Aragots, an inactive volcano located in the west of the Caucasian country. The other eight Spaniards who accompanied him managed to reach a safe place by his own foot.
For the evacuation and attention of tourists, the authorities have sent an already medical services. Rescue services received the call for help around 15.26 local time (11.26 GMT) on Tuesday. They are all Catalans and of them three firefighters of the Generalitat, as reported, on the other hand, the Government of Catalonia.
The mountaineer who has been unharmed is collaborating with the rescue teams to locate the other Spaniard who remains disappeared under the snow, Albares explained, who hopes that he will be located as soon as possible.
The Outdoor Holder, who has indicated that the Spanish diplomatic troops are fully mobilized, thanked the collaboration of the Armenian authorities and all the availability they have had from the first moment, which have quickly sent to the area two helicopters that have been able to rescue eight of the nine mountaineers.
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