A boy was rescued in the northern Chinese city of Taiyuan on Sunday after being trapped in a washing machine for over an hour.
Chaofan, the three-year-old boy, got himself stuck in a washing machine when he was playing hide-and-see with his mother.
Chaofan's mother was quoted by Chinese broadcaster CCTV as saying that her son was trying to hide himself from her inside the washing machine only to find his legs tightly caught by the washing tub.
CCTV ran footage showing rescue workers dismantling the washing machine, then cutting the washing tub open to get the boy out.
After an hour's painstaking work, the boy was pulled out of the washing tub, according to CCTV.
