Padang City Fire Department officials rescued a large 9.8-foot-long python that was trapped in a ditch.

Footage from April 17 shows wading through ankle-deep water to reach the stranded snake.

They eventually manage to haul the serpent out of the ditch back to safety.

Sutan Hendra, head of the city's fire department, said: "When we were about to evacuate the snake wrapped around the rock, it turned out that the body of the snake was pinned by a rock, we were looking for the head of the snake to pick it up and lift the snake up, to put it in a container."

The snake will later be released back into the wild.

A 3 meter long python trapped in a rock in a ditch on Jalan Jati, Padang city, West Sumatra province, Monday (17 April 2023).

knowing this from community reports, the Padang city fire department came to the location and at the same time tried to evacuate. because the snake was squashed, firefighters found the snake trying to wrap itself around the rock.

"When we were about to evacuate the snake wrapped around the rock, it turned out that the body of the snake was pinned by a rock, we were looking for the head of the snake to pick it up and lift the snake up, to put it in a container," said the head of the Padang city fire department, Sutan Hendra.

then the snake will be released into the wild into its habitat.