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A climber suffered a fall on Sunday 11 October whilst ascending Peñón de Ifach, in Calp, and had to be rescued by helicopter by the Alicante Provincial Fire Brigade Consortium.
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Sunday 11 October 2026, 21:56 · 1 min read
AIWritten with AI assistance from the sources cited and reviewed by our editors. How we work The incident took place on Sunday 11 October on Peñón de Ifach, in Calp, where a climber fell during the ascent. According to the Alicante Provincial Fire Brigade Consortium, the emergency call was received at 12:35 and the man had an open fracture in one leg.
Initially, a sergeant and a team from the Dénia fire station were dispatched to the scene to handle the emergency.
Given the complications involved in lowering the injured man by conventional means, the sergeant in command requested reinforcement from the Rescue Group and the MV9 helicopter, which eventually hoisted and brought him to safety.
Once the extraction was complete, the climber was handed over to the health services, who treated the fracture. The Alicante Provincial Fire Brigade Consortium reports that the total operation lasted one hour and 25 minutes, ending at 14:00.
The operation deployed on Peñón de Ifach consisted of, in addition to the Dénia fire station, the Rescue Group and the MV9 helicopter, both from the Alicante Provincial Fire Brigade Consortium.
