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Firemen help free boy whose foot was stuck in metal grate

Firemen who arrived at the scene within 14 minutes used metal cutters to safely free the boy.

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 26 Mar 2025 10:49AM

Firemen help free boy whose foot was stuck in metal grate
Photographs showed the boy, in a t-shirt and shorts sitting on the metal drain cover. - Picture courtesy of Bomba, March 26, 2025

FIREMEN were called in to rescue a young boy whose foot got stuck in a metal drain grate yesterday.

According to reports in The New Straits Times, the incident occurred about 4.30pm while the boy was playing near Jalan 2/15, Taman Sri Saujana in Kota Tinggi.

Photographs showed the boy, in a t-shirt and shorts sitting on the metal drain cover.

His right foot was trapped in the metal grate.

Firemen who arrived at the scene within 14 minutes used metal cutters to safely free the boy. - March 26, 2025

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