Girl nearly buried in landslide on Pacifica beach

A many who happened to see a teenage girl nearly buried in a landslide at Esplanade beach in Pacifica dug her out with his bare hands, reports KTVU.

The landslide, reported just after 3 p.m. Saturday at Esplanade Beach, buried the girl up to her chest in dirt, according to North County Fire Authority spokeswoman Angelina Ciussi.

She was rescued by Keller, who saw it all happen from an RV park overlooking the beach. He dug the girl out from the dirt and brought her to safety before firefighters arrived.

"I ran down there and saw that she was buried from her chest down," Keller told KTVU. "I just kept digging and digging with my hands and my feet. She was breathing but she didn’t say anything…She was dazed and confused."

The beach has been closed, some RV’s have been located from the cliff, and the hillside is being monitored. Click here to see the cliffs in Pacifica at the California Coastal Records Project.