Rescue workers in Indonesia completed a dramatic nighttime operation to save seven teenage boys who had become trapped in raging floods.

Video shows firefighters in the vicinity of the capital of Indonesia's West Sumatra province, Padang City, pulling the youths to safety in heavy rain and under torchlight on Wednesday night (September 29).

The Padang City search and rescue ream are seen using a system of pulleys that had been hoisted over a gushing and overflowing river to pull the boys to safety.

According to one local report, the boys had been swimming in the river in the afternoon, becoming trapped on a small “island” before the flood hit.

Contains soundbites in Indonesian from head of rescue operations Abdurahman.

The seven teenagers had been trapped for three hours from afternoon to night. it took an hour and a half before the seven teenagers were rescued and handed over to their families, the authorities said.

The National Search and Rescue Agency evacuate seven underage children trapped in the delta of Tarantang Village, Lubuk Kilangan District when flash floods hit Padang City, West Sumatra, on September 29, 2021. West Sumatra has been raining accompanied by lightning and strong winds since 13.30 WIB in the area, several sub-districts were.