Helicopter rescues two people and dog lost near Rovaniemi

A helicopter rescued two people and a dog after they got lost in the terrain near Kuoksajärvi in Rovaniemi on Wednesday evening, Yle reports.

The Lapland Rescue Department received an alert at about 9 p.m. A police patrol contacted the pair by phone and used further information from the call to guide the Finnhems 51 medical helicopter to them.

The two people were evacuated by helicopter, after which a pre-hospital care unit looked after them. The rescue department said their general condition was good.