{"id":142024,"date":"2018-06-16T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T12:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/boy-falls-down-80ft-cornish-coastal-blowhole\/"},"modified":"2018-06-16T12:29:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T12:29:00","slug":"boy-falls-down-80ft-cornish-coastal-blowhole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/boy-falls-down-80ft-cornish-coastal-blowhole\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy falls down 80ft Cornish coastal blowhole"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rescue scene\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/C573\/production\/_102074505_2capture.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Newquay Coastguard Rescue Team<figcaption>Image caption                                      It is believed the 16-year-old had been celebrating the end of exams with friends                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">A 16-year-old boy was rescued after falling down an 80ft (24m) blowhole in Cornwall.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers were lowered into the hole at Trevone, near Padstow at about 01:00 BST and the boy was airlifted to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Newquay Coastguard Rescue Team said it was a &quot;complex cliff rescue&quot;. The teenager&#039;s injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue team said it was thought he had been celebrating the end of exams.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Newquay Coastguard Rescue Team<figcaption>Image caption                                      Coastguards have described the cliff rescue as &quot;complex&quot;                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There have been calls in the past for safety signs and fencing near the blowholes on Cornwall&#039;s north coast after a 56-year-old man fell over the edge of one in April.<\/p>\n<p>A blowhole is a vertical fault in a cliff that is widened after exposure to strong waves - creating water pressure that can escape up through the hole.<\/p>\n<p>The best-known blowhole at Trevone is the Round Hole, which is formed by a collapsed sea cave and can be seen on a sloping field above the east side of the beach.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Image caption                                      The Round Hole at Trevone is north Cornwall&#039;s best-known blowhole                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coastguards initially though this was the location of the emergency, but they discovered it was actually in between Harlyn and Trevone across the bay.<\/p>\n<p>Trevone Bay is a site of special scientific interest and lies within the Cornwall area of outstanding natural beauty.<\/p>\n<p>Padstow Coastguard has reminded to people to &quot;stay away from cliff edges&quot; and for people to &quot;call 999 immediately&quot; if they see someone in danger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Newquay Coastguard Rescue TeamImage caption It is believed the 16-year-old had been celebrating the end of exams with friends A 16-year-old boy was rescued after falling down an<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}