Large landslide in the canyon of the Bijela River near Mostar: Three cars ended up in the lake, substation damaged

(Patria) - A large landslide occurred this evening shortly after 6 PM in the village of Bijela near Mostar.

Police have set up barriers and banned passage towards the canyon of the Bijela River.

- Two cars are visible from the lake, the third is not visible - said Ljudevit Marić, spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, for Bljesak.info.

Police have set up barriers and banned passage towards the canyon of the Bijela River. Additionally, a tragedy was narrowly avoided as hikers were at the site buried by the landslide just a few minutes earlier.

- Three or four hikers' cars ended up in the water when it fell - a witness stated.

Several cars belonging to hikers and fishermen remained stuck above the landslide site. At the same time, the landslide damaged a transformer station, resulting in a power outage.

According to initial information, one person was taken away by an ambulance vehicle.