18-07-2025
Beach holes 'very dangerous', warns Mablethorpe coastguard
Coastguards have issued a warning after filling in a "very dangerous" deep hole in a Lincolnshire Mablethorpe Coastguard Rescue Team responded to an alert from HM Coastguard Humber on Wednesday of a 6ft (1.8m) deep hole dug in Sandilands members filled the hole "for safety reasons", according to a post on the team's social media, citing the risk of injury and "entrapment should a hole collapse".The warning comes two years after a 14-year-old boy was almost "buried alive" when a hole he was digging collapsed at nearby Anderby Creek.
Coastguard crews and firefighters rescued the boy, who was stuck with only his head visible, from a collapsed hole in left on beaches pose a risk to beachgoers, including children and pets. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
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