MOSCOW, October 20 Rescuers on a Mi-8 helicopter evacuated tourists to Murmansk who requested help due to frostbite and poisoning, and handed them over to doctors, reports the report. Telegram channel of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, the regional headquarters of the department reported that rescuers on the Mi-8 approached two tourists who were walking from the village of Lovozero to Kirovsk, planning to complete the hike on October 22, but requested help because they were frozen and poisoned.
«Rescuers from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations transported the injured tourists to Murmansk by Mi-8 helicopter. The men were handed over to doctors,» the message says.
Snow has already fallen in the Murmansk region. The air temperature in Lovozero was about 0 degrees.