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Firefighters free trapped child

PUBLISHED: 12:06 13 September 2007 | UPDATED: 12:52 04 May 2010

A CHILD who got a leg stuck in banisters in an Ely home had to be released by ­fire-fighters on Friday. They used cutting equipment to free the child at Longchamp Drive after receiving an emergency call just before 2pm.

A CHILD who got a leg stuck in banisters in an Ely home had to be released by ­fire-fighters on Friday.

They used cutting equipment to free the child at Longchamp Drive after receiving an emergency call just before 2pm.

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