Fuerteventura has recorded eleven deaths at sea since the start of the year

On Monday, a 50-year-old man died in Costa Calma on Fuerteventura after being rescued from the sea. At around 10.37 am, the 112 emergency call centre received a report of a man who had already been rescued from the sea and was showing signs of drowning. The village is situated in the municipality of Pájara in the south of the island.

The emergency services dispatched a rescue helicopter with an emergency doctor, an emergency ambulance and a standard ambulance. When the emergency services arrived, the man was already in cardiac arrest. They attempted to resuscitate him using advanced life support, but to no avail, and the medical staff were ultimately only able to confirm his death.

The local police and Guardia Civil took charge of the police investigation and assisted the emergency services on the ground; the Pájara fire brigade had also been called out. This is stated in the incident report on the fatality in Costa Calma, published by the Canary Islands Government. There had already been one fatal incident in the water in Pájara earlier this year.

Fuerteventura: Eleven people killed in water-related accidents

Eleven people have died in water-related accidents on Fuerteventura since the start of the year, according to figures from the 112 emergency call centre, which already include Monday’s incident. During the same period last year, the centre reported five deaths, meaning the figure has more than doubled. Only cases reported to the centre are included in the tally, as not every fatality is reported there.

Reports have been coming in more frequently since July. The 112 emergency call centre recorded fatal incidents in the water on 11 July, 2 August and 20 September in Pájara, as well as on 17 July and 3 October in La Oliva in the north of the island. For Pájara, the death of the 50-year-old man in Costa Calma is therefore the fourth such case in just under four months.