Firefighters in central China freed a boy who got trapped in a 15-centimetre-wide gap between two walls.

In the video, shot in the city of Xianning in Hubei Province on May 17, firemen were seen trying to use tools to gently tear down a section of wall.

After around 40 minutes, the firefighters opened a hole in the wall and took the boy out successfully.

The boy reportedly wanted to walk through the narrow gap in between two walls but got stuck. Luckily, he only suffered scratches for his ordeal.