Forty peo­ple, in­clud­ing four chil­dren, were res­cued by fire of­fi­cers on Sun­day night af­ter they were trapped af­ter a riv­er lev­el rose pre­vent­ing them from leav­ing a hik­ing trail in Blan­chisseuse.

How­ev­er, while thank­ful the res­cue was suc­cess­ful­ly made, an of­fi­cer from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Fire Ser­vice’s Search and Res­cue Unit is en­cour­ag­ing hik­ers to be more care­ful when hik­ing.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, a mem­ber of the unit, who asked not to be iden­ti­fied, said po­ten­tial hik­ers should take note of the weath­er con­di­tions be­fore go­ing on a hike.