The Þorbjörn rescue team in Grindavík rescued British mothers from Fagradalsfjall yesterday. The mother broke her leg at the top of the mountain. Rescuers say the girl, who is around ten, did a great job when they rescued her mother.
An age limit was set on the hiking trails when the eruption was in progress due to the high level of gas pollution, the age limit is no longer in effect since the end of the eruption.
“Naturally it’s always a shock when parents get hurt, but she worked really hard,” Bogi Adolfsson, chairman of the Þorbjarna rescue team, said in an interview with mbl.is He says that when children are present during these rescue operations, certain tasks are assigned to them. The young girl was tasked with guarding her mother’s hiking boots.
Bogi says many people still go to the hot springs, the majority are foreign tourists.
