Isère: college students surprised by the rising waters during an outing in a cave, a guide found … – BFMTV

The students were able to be extracted from the cave while their teacher and two speleologists are still trapped. A guide was found dead. A college class on a school trip to the Cuves de Sassenage, a cave located in Isère, found itself trapped by the rising waters on Thursday, reports the prefecture of the department in a press release .If the students were able to be extracted from the cavities thanks to the intervention of the emergency services, their teacher as well as two speleologists were still blocked at 5:30 p.m. “At 7:30 p.m., as soon as a favorable weather window presented itself, an evacuation operation was launched by the emergency services,” the prefecture said in the evening, around 11 p.m., specifying that a guide had was found dead. “During their progress, the rescuers discovered a body identified as that of one of the two guides. The teacher and the second guide are safe and sound in a room of the Tanks and are now out”, specifies the press release again. Frequent flooding The rescue operation therefore continues this Thursday evening. A team from the Group for reconnaissance and intervention in perilous environments (Grimp) is notably mobilized, as well as about thirty speleologists. According to the prefecture, they must resume operation as soon as the weather permits. The Cuves de Sassenage, Vercors cellars popular with tourists, can be dangerous during floods. In 2017, seven visitors and their guide were also blocked by the rising waters, before being rescued. isérois, the firefighters, the CRS Alpes, the SAMU, and the High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM) as well as the Isère gendarmerie group. The Grenoble public prosecutor’s office opens an investigation and entrusts it to the PGHM.