PHOTOS/SOUND: Central Taney County Firefighters Rescue Person Trapped In Cave

Posted By: prajakta October 2, 2018 @ 10:16 pm Local News, News

PHOTOS/SOUND: Central Taney County Firefighters Rescue Person Trapped In Cave

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It took emergency crews an hour and a half to rescue a person trapped in a cave in Taney County.

Central Taney County Fire were called to a cave located of Devil’s Teatable Road, just outside of Kissee Mills.

Jeff Romines, training officer with Central Taney County Fire says three people were inside the cave and one of them was trapped and was having trouble breathing

Romines says several teams went down into the cave which was about 30 feet deep.

The cave was located on public land and anyone can go into them but Romines says they don’t recommend people going in them “because you never know what can happen.”