By Kieran Corcoran A schoolboy was rescued from deadly quicksands Bay this week by firefighters who were luckily training nearby. Kavan Humphreys, 13, was fishing around Morecambe Bay in Lancashire with his father and a friend when he strayed into a particularly treacherous area and started to sink. The boy called out to his father for help, by which time he was waist-deep in the mud. Stuck in the mud: Kavan Humphreys, 13, got stuck while looking for a place to fish in Morecambe Bay, Cumbria Trained: The firefighters had been practising quicksands rescues nearby when they received the call. They used a sand lance - a special kind of pump - to loosen the treacherous mud so that they set Kavan free
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Kavan Humphreys, 13, out with his father and a friend at the bay in Lancashire
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Strayed too far from the shore hunting for fish, and sank waist-deep in sand
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Luckily, firefighters called to help had just been practising quicksand rescue
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They used inflatable walkways and 'sand lance' pumps to loosen the sands
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Kavan was then pulled unharmed from the bay, and could go back to school
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Morecambe Bay is notorious for deaths after 2004 disaster which killed 21
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Gang workers illegally picking cockles were trapped by the tide and died
The firemen were able to reach @placeholder by using inflatable walkways to cross the treacherous sands.