Inflatable mattress used to rescue boy trapped between walls

Firefighters freed a five-year-old boy trapped between two walls in northern China with lashings of oil and an inflatable mattress.

The emergency services were called to the scene to help the crying boy, after his parents and residents were unable to free him.


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The boy had been playing in the eight inch gap between the two houses when he became trapped.

Rescue workers sprayed the boy with oil and then used a heavy-duty inflatable air mattress to widen the narrow passage. Within 30 minutes of their arrival, the young boy was able to wriggle free into the arms of his parents.