Mother locked in cupboard by toddler rescued by firefighters after postman heard cries for help

A mother had to be rescued by fire crews after her one-year-old toddler locked her in a cupboard. The woman's cries for help were heard by a postman, who called the emergency services. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said it used a ladder to get into the property in Radford Park Drive, Plymstock, Devon. The woman was then released from the understairs cupboard and reunited with her child after the 15-minute ordeal on Friday.
A fire spokesman said: "A fire appliance was mobilized from Plymstock fire station and, on arrival, confirmed there was an adult locked in the understairs cupboard as well as a one-year-old child locked in the property.
"Crews used small tools and a triple extension ladder to gain access and release the adult from the cupboard as well as reunite the one-year-old with its mother."