Four people died accidentally Thursday night after slipping through ice on a lake in southern Sweden, we learned from the police, while the country is facing a significant mildew.
The victims, four men aged between 65 and 75, were found in an ice hole in Lake Sävsjö, south of the town of Jönköping, and could not be resuscitated after being taken out of the city. water, said a spokeswoman for the local police.
The exact circumstances of the accident remain to be established, she explained.
These accidents, often linked to the carelessness of walkers on too fragile ice, are common in Sweden but it is rare that the results are so heavy.
Rapid rise in temperatures
After several weeks of intense cold over much of the country, which attracted many walkers to the frozen lakes and inlets, Sweden has been faced in recent days with a rapid rise in temperatures in many regions.
A national temperature record for February was even broken Thursday, with a peak of 16.8 degrees recorded in Kalmar, on the southeast coast of the country, according to the meteorological institute SMHI.
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