A seven-year-old boy was rescued from under hundreds of kilograms of rubble after a mud hut collapsed on top of him in the village of Boboyi on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast on Monday.
The child was pulled from the debris by police search and rescue technicians‚ firefighters and paramedics.
According to initial reports the boy was alone inside the home‚ which consisted of two separate mud structures sharing a common wall. In the wake of heavy rains in recent weeks‚ the structure was weakened and collapsed on Monday morning.
Rescuers arrived and mounted a rapid extrication‚ eventually finding the trapped child and pulling him to safety.
Provincial EMS spokesperson Robert McKenzie said that the boy was in a serious condition‚ was treated and stabilised at the scene before being taken by ambulance to a district hospital for further treatment.
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