KOTA SAMARAHAN: A team of firemen from the Kota Samarahan Fire and Rescue Station rescued a four-month-old baby girl trapped in a Proton Persona car here, yesterday.
The team led by operations commander Meor Azrulhafiz took five minutes to open the car door said to have been locked for about seven minutes at Tadika Insan Gemilang, Taman Palm Villa.
“The baby was reported to be safe and with no untoward incident occurring, and she was handed over to her mother,” a statement from the Sarawak Fire Operations Centre here said.
The mother of the child was lucky to get her baby out safe and sound.
She had earlier sent her elder child to a kindergarten here at 8.25 am but when she returned, her car had automatically locked itself with her baby inside.
The mother ran back to the kindergarten to seek help. A teacher then contacted the Fire and Rescue Department for assistance.
Upon arrival a few minutes later, firemen managed to prise open a door of the car.
The mother was crying tears of joy when her baby was taken safely out of the car.
There had been cases where babies died in cars due to the heat and lack of air after they were forgotten by their parents.
