Child rescued by fire crews after getting trapped inside playground equipment

The young girl had to be cut out of the metal tube. Credit: Stratton St Margaret Fire Station

A 10-year-old-girl was rescued by fire crews in Swindon after becoming stuck inside a metal tube in a playground.

A crew from Stratton Fire Station was called to a play area in Stones Lane in Cricklade on 4 April after reports of a trapped child stuck in a metal drum tube.

The girl had crawled into the tube before getting stuck. She was not injured during the incident.

Firefighters used cutting tools to release the girl from the play equipment.

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service said that one fire engine from Stratton was mobilised to the scene.