‘999’ call from three vehicles stuck on ice on Birker fell road. 10 people were reported to be in difficulty including 4 children under the age of six. The two team landrovers attended and got the cars safely back into the valley bottom. Around 8 team members attended and the incident was closed later that evening.
Incident started at 17:46. Incident occured at SD 16300 99024 (altitude 130 m).
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