Opens in a new tab
TODAY in Ibiza and Formentera
function updateHeaderHeight() {
        // Get the height of #brx-header
        const headerHeight = document.querySelector('#brx-header').offsetHeight;
          
        // Store the height in the CSS custom property --header-height
        document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--brxw-header-height', headerHeight + 'px');
    }

    // Execute the function as soon as the document is ready
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
        updateHeaderHeight();  // Initial update of header height when the document is ready

        // Update the header height on window resize and orientation change
        window.addEventListener('resize', updateHeaderHeight);
        window.addEventListener('orientationchange', updateHeaderHeight);
});

Five individuals stranded for over 4 hours on a 15-meter high platform in Ibiza

Five people are trapped for more than 4 hours on a platform at a height of 15 meters in Ibiza

Angela Torres Riera

Monday, January 22 2024, 8.21pm

The Ibiza fire brigade had to travel from the Parque Insular to Puig d’en Valls at 5.11 p.m. on Sunday to rescue five people who had become trapped on a telescopic platform raised to a height of no less than fifteen metres.

According to firefighters, the place of the incident was a private estate where a family reunion was being held.

A crew made up of three personnel and a foreman, equipped with a fire truck and a ladder truckthe rescue, which lasted a total of two hours, was carried out by three personnel and a foreman, equipped with a fire engine and a ladder[]with which they made five ascents to the platform.

The five people trapped after the platform suffered a malfunction had been suspended in the air since 15.30 hourswhen the mechanical failure occurred and they attempted to “by all means” to solve it, without success.

For the full article, please visit Diario de Ibiza website here.