A dramatic video has emerged from China of fire fighters rescuing two young boys from a tank filled with tar in Sichuan Province.

According to local news reports, the six-year-old boy and the eight-year-old boy were playing on top of the tank when they fell inside and sank into one metre of sticky tar.

Firemen can be seen carefully pouring diesel into the tank to dilute the tar, enabling them to pull the two boys free after hours of effort.

According to local reports, both the children escaped without serious injury.

Although the footage was captured during the boys’ ordeal in late May the footage has only recently emerged online.

A dramatic video has emerged from China of fire fighters rescuing two young boys from a tank filled with tar in Sichuan Province.

According to local news reports, the six-year-old boy and the eight-year-old boy were playing on top of the tank when they fell inside and sank into one metre of sticky tar.

Firemen can be seen carefully pouring diesel into the tank to dilute the tar, enabling them to pull the two boys free after hours of effort.

According to local reports, both the children escaped without serious injury.

Although the footage was captured during the boys’ ordeal in late May 2014, the footage has only recently emerged online.