A young boy narrowly escaped a fatal fall into the Kilauea volcano's crater on Christmas Day in Hawaii. The US National Park Service urges visitors to stay on marked trails after the incident.
A toddler nearly ran off a cliff near the active volcano crater. One family’s Christmas holiday at a Hawaii national park almost ended in tragedy after a toddler nearly fell into a smouldering crater. The US National Park Service has issued an urgent warning to tourists after a child nearly fell into the active crater of the Kilauea volcano before he was rescued ‘in the nick of time.
’ The events unfolded when a young boy had managed to wander off from his family and ‘in a split second, ran straight towards the 400ft cliff edge,’ the park service said. He was just about a foot away from ‘a fatal fall’ before his ‘screaming’ mother managed to grab him, it added. Lava erupting and flowing at the Halema’uma’u crater at the Kaluapele caldera which is part of the Kilauea volcano (Picture: Reuters) The ‘shocking’ scene happened on Christmas Day in a closed area beyond the post and cable barrier at the famous volcano’s overlook, sparking the park rangers to remind visitors to strictly stay on trail. An active alert was issued on December 23 at the volcano after a new eruption was recorded before it slowed down on Christmas Day. It is continuing at a low level within a closed area in the national park, according to BBC News citing the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. A park ranger who witnessed the incident said the boy would not have survived the fall. Ranger Jessica Ferracane told the BBC sharing details of the incident will help ‘prevent future tragedies and near-misses.’ A geologist taking a picture on the edge of Halema’uma’u crater at Kilauea (Picture: Anadolu/Getty Images) The volcano’s activity tends to attract more visitors, and last year, more than 1.6 million people trekked to see the beauty spot which is one of the world’s most active volcanos. However, despite being popular, the eruptions are not without their risk
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