Millau: twenty-five kayakers caught in the waters of the Tarn rescued by firefighters near the Lerouge bridge

The kayakers found themselves in difficulty near the Lerouge bridge in Millau. Free Midday

The kayakers probably found themselves in difficulty in the tumultuous waters of the Tarn, near Millau, this Sunday, May 19.

This Sunday, May 19, shortly after 3 p.m., firefighters from Millau and Saint-Affrique, supported by a team specializing in water rescue, rescued twenty -five kayakers in difficulty in the waters of the Tarn, near the Lerouge bridge in Millau.

Quickly intervened on site, the dozen firefighters present were able to recover one by one the kayakers who were undoubtedly somewhat surprised by the power of the current at this point of the Tarn river. In particular two of them who had capsized and found refuge on a tree trunk, in the middle of the road