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A THREE-YEAR-OLD has been rescued by firefighters after he was suspended from a fourth floor balcony by his head.

The toddler’s cranium had become lodged in between the metal railings, leaving him dangling dangerously from a height.

 Firefighters rushed to rescue a three-year-old boy whose head got stuck in the bars of a balcony
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Firefighters rushed to rescue a three-year-old boy whose head got stuck in the bars of a balcony

Emergency services rushed to the child’s aid in Baoji in the northwestern Shaanxi province of China.

According to CCTV News, the boy got stuck while playing on the balcony on June 17.

 Emergency services had to remove a bar from the balcony in order to pull the tot up
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Emergency services had to remove a bar from the balcony in order to pull the tot up

The child was rescued by firefighters who had to remove one of the iron bars to pull the child free.

Heart-wrenching footage shows the vulnerable toddler swaying four storeys up.

 According to CCTV, the child was playing on the balcony when he fell
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According to CCTV, the child was playing on the balcony when he fell
 The young boy is hauled up by firefighters
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The young boy is hauled up by firefighters

Rescue teams worked hard to get the boy to safety and managed to pull him back up into the flat.

The child is seen walking down the corridor with the firefighters who saved him.

Luckily, the child was not harmed in the accident.


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