An eight-year-old girl got stuck after climbing into a washing machine and had to be rescued by firefighters.
The rescuers used a tool to crack open the appliance in a bid to free the anxious youngster.
She had found herself unable to get out after climbing into the switched-off machine while playing on Sunday (9 Mar).
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Her parents heard her cries from the laundry room of their home and found her trapped inside the appliance.
They called the emergency services and firefighters were dispatched to the home in Torre del Mar near Málaga, Spain.
When the firefighters – Antonio ‘Buba’, Fali, Manu, and Miguel – arrived, they found the girl with one of her legs wedged between the drum paddles.
“She couldn’t move it,” Buba told local media.
The operation to free her lasted 50 minutes.
As the firemen got to work, she was given a mobile phone to keep her entertained.
She was finally freed with just a bruise on her ankle and another on her knee, as reported by Need To Know.
Buba said: “We’ve all been kids and played around, but I’ve never seen anything like this before.
“It’s not something that happens often. It was just bad luck. The important thing is that she’s safe.”
In a bid to free the girl, the firefighters had to remove several parts of the washing machine, which was left beyond repair.
Buba said: “That was the least of our concerns. The father and the whole family helped at all times, keeping the girl calm.”
Manuel Marmolejo of the Málaga Firefighters Consortium said: “Thanks to the meticulousness of the work, it was possible to free the child without her suffering any scratches.”
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