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ARCHIVED - Firefighting helicopter stolen in Cuenca while pilot was asleep
This is one of two fire-fighting bases in Castilla La Mancha
The Civil Guard is investigating the theft of a fire-fighting helicopter from the Prado de los Esquiladores base, in Buenache de la Sierra (Cuenca), Castilla-La-Mancha in the early hours of Friday morning.
According to the Government Sub-delegation in Cuenca, the theft of the helicopter took place this morning at the base of the Forest Fire Reinforcement Brigades (BRIF) of Cuenca.
It is a Bell-412 helicopter which is working as part of the BRIF service of the Ministry for Ecological Transition during the current summer forest fire campaign.
The thieves unhooked the "Bambi", the device used to carry water during the process of extinguishing a fire, and flew off with the aircraft loaded with tools.
Incarnation Montes, coordinator of the base, said in an interview with Cadena SER de Cuenca radio that the pilot was sleeping at the base and sounded the alarm when the sound of the helicopter woke him up.
Initially he thought that another helicopter was landing, but when he rushed outside he realised that his own helicopter was being stolen.
The pilot had not switched on the external lighting of the helicopter.
The helicopter was later found in good condition, in the province of Córdoba, according to company Babcock International Spain, which denies rumours that it had crashed.
The Ministry is planning to send a replacement aircraft to the base this Friday to ensure that there is no interruption to the summer fire fighting campaign in the middle of the most dangerous period of the year.
The BRIF of Prado de los Esquiladores is one of two in Castilla-La Mancha, along with that of La Iglesuela, in Toledo.
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