Locked in by a toddler!

Fire Service members yesterday brought out three members of a family, who were locked inside a room in their flat in Uttara -- by its youngest member.

Zafar Iqbal, 51, along with his wife and two daughters were all in a room in their house when Kaiyenath, his two-year old, went out and inadvertently locked the door from outside at around 11:30am, leaving the other three stuck inside in panic, Zafar told The Daily Star.

He said he started seeking help from their neighbours over phone, and other residents of the building tried to break the main door of the flat, in vain.

“At last, they sought help of fire fighters, who opened the door and rescued us at 1:30 pm,” said Zafar.

Shafiqul Islam, senior station officer of fire service in Uttara, said they reached the spot in 10 minutes of getting the distress call.

He said they found the baby crying near the gas burner in the kitchen. “An accident could have happened as a gas burner was open, and there were appliances and kitchen knives in the room,” Shafique said.