Three fishermen rescued from a drifting ice floe in the Chashniki district

March 28, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. Three fishermen were rescued from a drifting ice floe in the Chashniki district, the press secretary of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Marina Fando, told a BELTA correspondent. The spring fishing on Lake Lukomskoye ended with an unexpected incident for three fishing enthusiasts. The ice floe, measuring 10 m by 15 m, on which they were located, broke off and drifted 100 m from the shore. One of the unfortunate companions, a pensioner born in 1949, reported the dire situation to the Ministry of Emergency Situations. In addition, a similar call was received by the OSVOD from eyewitnesses of the incident. Through the joint efforts of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and OSVOD employees, the fishermen were rescued within thirty minutes. None of them were injured as a result of the emergency.-0-