An 18-month-old girl who had fallen into a well was rescued by fire services personnel in eastern India's Odisha.

The incident took place in Padampur village within Puintala police limits of Balangir on June 23.

Visuals showed a ladden placed inside the open well. A fireman along with the 18-month-old girl was seen coming out of the well with the help of it. The child was tied to the man with the help of a cloth.

Before firefighters could reach the incident spot, a local acted as the first responder and jumped into the well to rescue the child. However, when he could not get out of the well, the fire services were called in. A team consisting of about seven personnel left Balangir Fire Station and reached the spot within seven to eight minutes. The firefighters said the well was not covered and had water up to waist height. The child was screaming when they reached. Within no time they started to rescue the child.

“Due to hot weather, the well had dried up. It had waist-deep water because of recent rainfall activity and it was enough to drown the kid. The man who had jumped into the well kept holding onto the girl and saved her life,” said an officer of Balangir fire station.

The girl was rushed to a hospital and her condition is stated to be stable. Neither the child nor the man sustained any major injury in the incident. The girl was identified as Adyasa, the daughter of Jitendra Biswal.