Two people were pulled from a hole in the sand at a beach on Cape Cod on Friday night, officials said.
Emergency crews responding to a report of two people trapped after sand collapsed on Nauset Beach around 5 p.m. found a teenage male and woman in her 40s trapped in a 6-foot-deep hole, fire officials said.
The male was buried up to his mid torso and the woman to her waist.
Both were removed around 5:30 p.m and declined transport to the hospital.
Orleans Fire Chief Geof Deering is reminding the public to not dig holes beyond knee height.
“Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt in today’s incident, but this situation highlights the dangers of digging in the sand. Digging in the beach sand is an innocent exercise, but the potential for danger is real,” he said.
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