More than 20 people have been rescued in the last 24 hours by mountain rescuers, eight of them being taken to hospital, the Mountain Rescue Service Salvamont Romania announced on Monday.

In the last 24 hours, 18 calls calls were placed with the Salvamont National Dispatch Center requesting emergency intervention by mountain rescuers, Salvamont Romania wrote on Facebook.

The most requests, five in number, were for the Voineasa Mountain Rescue, followed by Brasov and Gorj, with three calls each.

„In the case of these interventions, 21 people were rescued. Of these, eight were handed over to the ambulance service or SMURD for transportation to hospital. We also received 23 calls asking for advice and information about different tourist routes in the mountain area,” say the representatives of Salvamont Romania.

AGERPRES