Pune Fire Brigade personnel rescued a family trapped in their apartment at Sapras Colony, Chandannagar, Pune, after a locked door caused a critical situation on Wednsday.
The family was locked in an apartment on the second floor of the building, where a mother and her three-year-old child were trapped in the bathroom while their one-and-a-half-year-old child was alone with the main door latched from the outside. The incident as reported at 12:41pm.
Later it came to light that the toddler accidentally locked her mother and three-year-old brother in the bathroom while playing at home and neighbours then called the fire brigade and her husband.
The firefighters quickly assessed the situation, made contact with the family, and gained entry through an adjacent balcony by breaking the door frame with a pickaxe, guard, and hammer. They successfully rescued all three individuals without injury.
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The operation was executed by Yerwada Fire Station employees including Driver Raghunath Bhoir and Firemen Sunil Tengle, Rishikesh Jare, Amol Ranadive, and Vijay Jadhav.
