40 fishermen were rescued from the ice of the Gulf of Finland and brought ashore

40 amateur fishermen were rescued from the ice of the Gulf of Finland in Kurortny district and brought to the shore 40 fishermen were brought to the shore from the ice of the Gulf of Finland. About it on February 2 reports the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia in St. Petersburg.

"Due to the scour formed in the ice, they had no opportunity to go back. St. Petersburg rescuers delivered them to dry land," - stated in the Telegram-channel of the Department.

Residents and guests of the city once again urged not to go out on the ice of bodies of water, which can be deadly.

Earlier, on January 2, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations evacuated the injured man from the fish trawler, which was 90 km from Magadan in the Sea of Okhotsk. He needed hospitalization. Rescuers and doctors flew out on an Mi-8 helicopter of the Russian Emergencies Ministry. The man with a hand injury was evacuated from the vessel and taken to hospital.