Rescuers save baby lodged in sewage pipe in China

Firefighters in China have rescued a newborn baby boy lodged inside a sewage pipe leading off a toilet. Residents of an apartment building in Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, called rescuers on Saturday after they heard the infant's cries.

Rescuers tried to pull the baby out of the pipe but failed and ended up sawing through a section of the pipe instead. They took the pipe to hospital, where it was carefully pulled apart to release the infant.

The baby, thought to be just a few days old, was found inside a pipe 10cm (4 inches) in diameter. Firefighters and doctors worked together using pliers to cut the pipe apart to get to the baby. The baby is now in stable condition.

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Police are said to be treating the case as attempted murder and are searching for the parents. The baby was named Baby No 59 - after the number of his hospital incubator.