A team of firefighters rescued and removed a large snake that was wrapped around power lines in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Locals in the Cengkareng district were shocked to see the 4-metre-long serpent winding around the cables in mid-air.

Firefighters managed to rescue the snake while the electricity was still on.

Cengkareng residents were shocked by the presence of a four-meter-long snake wrapped around a cable. the snake wrapped around it in a high-voltage cable.

did not want to take the risk that the firefighters coordinated with PLN to turn off the electricity for an hour to carry out the evacuation.

the evacuation was very dramatic using a heavy trick to climb up the cable and finally the snake could be evacuated and brought to the west jakarta fire department