No less than one individual has died and two others are nonetheless lacking after an ice cave partly collapsed as a gaggle of holiday makers was once visiting the Breidamerkurjokull glacier in southern Iceland.In a remark posted on social media, native police say first responders won a choice in a while prior to 3 p.m. on Sunday as a gaggle of about 25 international vacationers from a number of nationalities have been exploring ice caves when 4 other people have been hit by way of ice.Two other people have been severely injured, one death from their accidents on the scene of the coincidence, any other taken by way of helicopter to a health facility within the capital, reportedly in a strong situation.A lot of rescuers labored all through the afternoon and into the night time on the lookout for the 2 lacking other people. The operation was once paused after darkish because of the damaging stipulations however will resume within the morning, police mentioned.Icelandic public broadcaster RUV reported that efforts to move apparatus and team of workers as much as the glacier had confirmed tricky because of the rugged terrain and chopping throughout the ice was once most commonly executed by way of hand with chain saws.Native information web site Visir mentioned the crowd was once on an arranged ice cave excursion and have been accompanied by way of a information however the general public have been outdoor the cave when it collapsed. The ice cave is a well-liked vacation spot for vacationers.The cave in was once most likely now not associated with a volcanic eruption in southeast Iceland on Friday, round 185 miles clear of the glacier.
