We were alerted by Cumbria Police regarding lights on the fell, thought to be signalling SOS. After investigation, they were deemed to be lights from walkers on a sponsored charity event, so the team was not deployed.
Incident started at 23:17 and ended at 00:33 making 1.3 hrs in total. There was 1 Wasdale team member involved and the incident occured at NY 21600 07400. Total rescuer hours: 1.3
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