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A three-year-old girl was rescued by bystanders after becoming lodged in a protective grill of a 12th-floor window in Fujian, southern China. She was suspended in mid-air until neighbours and a security guard held a chair underneath her while emergency crews responded.
Emergency crews responded swiftly to the incident, with firefighters reportedly cutting through the apartment door to access the scene. The girl’s mother had left her alone while shopping, prompting the rescue effort from neighbours and security personnel.
Local authorities in Fujian, China, are reviewing safety protocols for residential buildings following the near-tragic incident involving a three-year-old girl. The child was taken to hospital as a precaution but was found to be unhurt after bystanders and security staff prevented her from falling from a 12th-floor window.
What remains unclear — The exact duration the girl was left alone in the apartment before the incident occurred is not specified.
Three-year-old girl rescued after becoming stuck in 12th-storey window in China
Hero bystanders supported the little girl with a chair as they waited for rescuers to get inside the 12th-floor apartment (Picture: China News)
Hero bystanders prevented a little girl from falling through a 12th-floor window in China.
The hair-raising rescue happened in Fujian, southern China, after the three-year-old girl managed to weave her way through the protective grill on the apartment block window.
Footage shows the child, dressed in a pink pyjama, dangling through the small gap in the window shield on Saturday.
She was only held on by her head before neighbours and a security guard rushed to help.
They can be seen balancing a chair underneath the girl to take her weight of her head and prevent her from falling down from the 12th-floor flat.
The bystanders risked their own lives by daringly reaching out of the window below the youngster as others clung onto their legs while waiting for the emergency crews.
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Outside a window on the 12th floor, a group of people joined forces to hold up a child! A 3-year-old girl in Fujian had her head stuck in a protective screen, with her body hanging in mid-air. Security guards and property staff risked their lives to support her. Firefighters… pic.twitter.com/WtHJSWr0vZ
— Nanchang China🇨🇳 (@Nanchang_China) October 19, 2026
The little girl’s mother is said to have left her alone in the apartment while she went food shopping.
Another clip appears to show the firefighters cut through the apartment’s door to get inside.
The child was reportedly taken to the hospital as a precaution, but was unhurt.
In London, a young girl was rescued after dangling from a window for at least nine minutes.
The three-year-old clung to a window ledge above shops on Ilford High Street, east London, on July 11 afternoon.
Underneath, a police officer and a stranger prepared to catch her as onlookers screamed in horror, with someone yelling ‘hurry up.’
When the little girl fell, she was caught by the stranger who had ran out from a neighbouring window.
He was later named as dad-of-two Mohamed Jesil, who told WTX he ran out ‘on instinct’ after hearing the shouting outside.
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