Hero firemen carefully released a deadly python that was found trapped in a toilet drainpipe.

The shocked homeowner called the emergency services after noticed the snake in her toilet in Pattaya, Thailand on April 27.

Volunteer Yotin Wayowiset and team found the python with its body struck in the woman's toilet drain but it was trapped in a narrow metal fitting.

The team used different tools to cut through the pumping work before they would release the serpent. They took the rescue python back to the station to provide care it until it was healthy enough to be let back into the wild.

Yotin said: 'It took us about 30 minutes to free the snake. We had to be careful as the snake was frightened and can bite. Luckily the drain did not cut too deeply.'