A seven-month old baby had to be rescued on Saturday after accidently getting locked in a room at a Barnstaple property.

Firefighters from the town were called to a house in Laburnum Drive at around 5.15pm.

They gained entry to the property using small tools and a ladder and re-united the unharmed baby with its mother.

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