Child Freed After Getting Arm Stuck In Pool Skimmer Pipe

DADE CITY, FL -- Pasco Fire Rescue was called to a home in Dade City around 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, after a child got his arm caught in a pool pipe.

When firefighters arrived at the home in the 34000 block of Sahalee Loop in Dade City, they found a boy in the shallow end of a pool with his arm stuck in a PVC skimmer pipe. Firefighters started to remove the pool decking that was covering the pipe by using hammers and chisels but had to call for assistance from Pasco County facilities for a jackhammer to free the boy's arm.

It took approximately an hour and fifteen minutes to dig under the pool deck, cut the PVC pipe the boy's arm was trapped in and free the boy. A section of the pipe remained on the boy's arm as he was transported to a local hospital.

Apparently, the boy was playing in the pool, stuck his arm into the PVC skimmer pipe, and was unable to get it back out.

Images via Pasco Fire Rescue

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