Firefighters from the Castellón Consortium have carried out the rescue of the two occupants of a vehicle that had plunged into the Mijares River, in the municipality of Vila-real. The vehicle went off the road from the Camí Vora Riu, falling into the river and becoming partially submerged in a reed area.

According to the Firefighters Consortium, the emergency services received the alert around 11:45 PM this Saturday. Two crews from the Plana Baixa Park were quickly dispatched to the scene.

Firefighters performed a complex vertical rescue operation, using ropes to access the vehicle. The two occupants, a man and a woman, were not trapped and did not require extrication. They were evacuated using a rescue stretcher.

The Information and Coordination Center for Emergencies (CICU) had received a prior alert, around 11:30 PM, to attend to two people on the Borriana-Vilareal road. A basic life support unit (SVB) and a SAMU were dispatched to the location, and they ultimately transferred the affected individuals to the Hospital de la Plana.