Latvian rescuers have responded to 28 calls about lost mushroom pickers this year

Latvian Television reports that the State Fire and Rescue Service (VUGD) has so far this year received 28 calls related to searching for people lost in the forest. The calls have been logged as the mushroom and berry picking season gets underway. According to the report, rescuers have already gone out 28 times to look for lost mushroom pickers.

Searching for missing persons in wooded areas is one of the tasks carried out by VUGD. Each call means that a search operation has to be organized in the relevant forest area. The information provided by Latvian Television does not include details about individual incidents, specific regions, or the number of rescuers involved. The report focuses on the total of 28 calls and links this number to the start of the season.

As people become more active in forests during the picking season, some of them get lost. In such cases, residents contact VUGD, and the service responds by going to the indicated location. The published report does not specify how many of the 28 calls ended with the person being found safely, but the fact that the calls were registered shows that rescuer involvement was needed.