Boy, six, gets trapped in a toilet for two hours after 'playing phone games while sitting on the loo for too long'
- Child in Wuhan, China, was stuck in a toilet seat for nearly two hours
- He had been playing games on his phone while sitting on the toilet
- Firefighters used pliers to break apart the rim carefully to save the child
- Phone addictions among children has become a major problem in China
A young boy has reportedly became stuck in a toilet for around two hours after playing mobile games while sitting on the loo for too long.
Firefighters had to remove the toilet seat from the toilet - with the crying boy in it - before carefully cutting apart the plastic rim to rescue the child.
The boy sustained bruises as a result, according to firefighters.
The boy became stuck in a toilet seat after apparently playing games on the loo for too long
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The incident took place in the city of Wuhan in central China last Friday, said a social media statement from the Wuhan Firefighting Department.
He had been stuck in the toilet for about an hour when the firefighters arrived and the rescue effort took another hour or so, the statement said.
Zhou Dao, a supervisor from the local Yangchahu fire brigade, said the boy's thighs, buttocks and waist had all sunken into the toilet seat when officers got to his home.
His mother had called the police after failing to remove him from the toilet herself.
After the firefighters dismantled the toilet seat from the toilet, supervisor Zhou consoled the boy by chatting with him while his colleagues used pliers and their hands to break the rim.
'We couldn't use large tools in fear of causing secondary injuries on the child,' supervisor Zhou told Pear Video.
A firefighter who took part in the rescue operation said the boy's thighs, buttocks and waist had all sunken into the toilet seat when he and his colleagues arrive at the child's home
The boy was freed in the rescue effort that lasted for an hour, the firefighter department said
Supervisor Zhou said the boy was locked from inside in the bathroom when he was found stuck. It remains unknown why the boy had been locked in.
He said it was most likely that the boy had played on the phone for too long while sitting on the loo.
He became jammed after sinking downwards while shaking his body from side to side, it is said.
The boy reportedly had bruises on the buttocks and thighs after being freed.
Phone addictions among children has become an increasing problem in China.
A study from last year reveals that nearly 70 per cent of children in the country have their own smartphones and nearly half of the children aged between seven and nine are given access to internet.
