A firefighter in his thirties who was training at Mt. Hakkai in Minami Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture, was found lying about 200 meters below the ridge and died.
Police and others are investigating the detailed situation, assuming that they have slipped off the ridge.
At around 10:40 pm on the 18th, the fire brigade, which was conducting camp training for mountain rescue at Mt. Hakkai at an altitude of 1778 meters in Minami Uonuma City, reported to the fire department that "one member disappeared." did.
During the search, before 6:30 am on the 19th, he was found to have collapsed unconsciously about 200 meters below the ridge, after which he was confirmed dead.
According to the police, the person who died was Hiroyuki Katsumata (37) of the Yuzawa Fire Department, who went into the snowy mountain with five other firefighters from the 18th to 1 night and 2 days for training. is.
Police and fire departments are investigating the details of the situation at the time, assuming that they had slipped off the ridge.