Footage has emerged from China of a firefighter rescuing a driver trapped in his lorry cabin after the vehicle got stuck on a flooded road.

In the video, captured in Tangshan, Hebei Province on June 21, a firefighter can be seen using a dinghy to reach the almost submerged lorry, eventually rescuing the driver through the roof.

Footage has emerged from China of firefighters rescuing a driver trapped in his lorry submerged in deep floodwater.

In the video, captured in Tangshan, Hebei Province on June 21, a firefighter canoes to reach the lorry stuck in the middle of the flooded road and rescues the driver via the roof.

Since the lorry driver's phone was in water, he couldn't call for help until a passenger called the police.

Lorry driver was rescued successfully after having waited for nearly an hour .