Firefighters have rescued a one-year-old trapped in a locked car - with the help of the baby.

An Axminster crew was called shortly after 12.20pm yesterday afternoon (Thursday) from a mum whose daughter had managed to lock themselves inside the car.

They made their way quickly to the scene and started to gain entry to the car to get the keys using break-in tools.

A spokesman for Axminster Fire Station said: "With assistance from the one-year-old child who was trapped within the car, crews managed to get hold of the keys using their tools.

"Crews successfully got the keys from within the vehicle and were then able to unlock the car and hand over the girl to a very relieved mum.

"Thankfully through the use of the breaking-in tools there was no damage done to the car.

"Our crews returned back to home station shortly after 1pm."