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  "textContent": "Firefighters and medical staff had to be called to rescue the plunge victim after the bizarre incident at the five-star H10 Rubicon Horizons Collection in the popular resort of Playa Blanca (Picture: SOLARPIX.COM)\n\nA tourist has been injured at a Lanzarote holiday hotel after falling from the second floor into a knee-deep fish pond filled with Koi carp and terrapins.\n\nFirefighters and medical staff had to be called to rescue the victim after the bizarre incident at the five-star H10 Rubicon Horizons Collection in the popular resort of Playa Blanca.\n\nThe alarm was raised around 11:30pm on Saturday.\n\nThe water in the fish pond the man fell into, thought to be two floors below street level by a hotel buffet restaurant, was only about 15 inches deep.\n\nMedical staff had already fitted him with a neck brace by the time firefighters arrived.\n\nEmergency services are seen outside of the hotel after the incident on Saturday evening (Credits: SOLARPIX.COM)\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nThey lifted him out on a rescue board they had strapped him onto before taking him to a waiting ambulance.\n\nHe was then evacuated to Molina Orosa Hospital in the Lanzarote capital Arrecife.\n\nThe tourist’s nationality and age has yet to be released.\n\nIt was not immediately clear this morning what his current condition is and how he managed to fall and end up where he did.\n\nThe water in the fish pond the man fell into, thought to be two floors below street level by a hotel buffet restaurant, was only about 15 inches deep (Credits: SOLARPIX.COM)\n\nLocal police and Civil Guard officers were also mobilised by a regional government emergency response coordination centre but could not be reached today for comment.\n\nThe hotel where the incident occurred, which recently changed its name from the H10 Rubicon Palace, said it would not be saying anything because of ‘client confidentiality.’\n\nThe seafront adults-only establishment bills itself online as an iconic five star resort with an interior design inspired by the island of Lanzarote.\n\nPlaya Blanca is Lanzarote’s southernmost town and is very popular with British tourists.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Tourist left injured after falling two storeys into koi carp pond inside hotel in Lanzarote"
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