Emergency crews took two hours to free the finger of a distressed youngster from a bathroom plughole.
Paramedics called to the child's home found the toddler had three fingers jammed in the plug hole.
The boy was taken to a medical centre with the plug hole still on his fingers.
It was removed using a brass cutter.
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