The mountain became, in one day, the scene of several interventions of the rescuers of three counties in the country.
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A foreign tourist who fell seriously ill at Fimmvörðuháls yesterday was pronounced dead at the scene. This is stated in a statement from the South Iceland Police. The police received a report of a seriously ill tourist before noon yesterday and a Coast Guard helicopter went to the scene along with rescue teams. "Police and ambulances were assisted by rescue teams to reach the scene," the statement says. Resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful. …