Government rep Mustapha Baitas said Thursday that the soil around the hole made it too dangerous to widen, so five bulldozers are digging next to the shaft, per AFP. Two attempts to lower a rescuer to the boy failed, per Gulf News. Giant pumpkin dropped 100 feet into pool at Bauman. El Quahabi, who's assisting with the rescue, said the gap narrows at a depth of about 90 feet, further complicating matters. Watch a 1,200 pound pumpkin fall 100 feet into an Oregon swimming pool Updated: Oct. "The problem of this rescue is that the hole diameter is very, very small," about 10 inches, Mohamed Yassin El Quahabi, of the Chefchaouen Association of Caving and Mountain Activities, told the BBC. A crowd has gathered at the scene near Bab Berred, northern Chefchaouen province, while thousands of people have been watching rescue footage online. The country's Civil Protection Directorate has been leading efforts to rescue the boy named Rayan-whom a smartphone camera showed to be alive and conscious, though with blood across his face from an apparent head injury-since Tuesday afternoon, the BBC reports. A 5-year-old boy went with his father to repair a 100-foot-deep well in northern Morocco and ended up falling in, per AFP.
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