Quito: 3 mountaineers died and 12 have been injured once they fell whilst mountaineering Ecuador’s Carihuairazo volcano, rescue services and products mentioned Saturday.

“A 47-year-old girl and two males elderly 45 and 50 died on this emergency,” ECU911 rescue services and products mentioned in a observation.

“Because of climate prerequisites and dusk, it used to be no longer imaginable to evacuate the our bodies.”

The 12 injured, elderly between 39 and 58, have been transferred to hospitals within the cities of Riobamba and Ambato.

The climbers have been making an attempt to summit the central Andean volcano once they fell 60 meters (196 ft).

Carihuairazo, a 5,018-meter colossus in Tungurahua province, neighbors Chimborazo volcano — the easiest top within the nation at over 6,200 meters.

The restoration of the our bodies of those that died, all Ecuadorians, will proceed on Sunday.