Toddler rescued after seven hours trapped in a bath tub

Brisbane toddler rescued after being trapped in the bath tub for seven hours.

9 News reporter Alex Bernhardt says, a curious toddler was left trapped in a bathtub for seven hours when her hand became stuck in the drain.

Firefighters had to drill through a neighbouring apartment to remove the bath and free her.

The 15 month old’s mum tried everything she could think of to free it herself, but had no luck. She realised she had to call emergency services.

They had to remove the bath – with bub and dad inside – to help free little Olivia. The ordeal took seven hours which was too much for Olivia, who slept through it all while daddy was holding her.

Dad Tim warns other parents “If there is anything you can put in the plug to prevent this happening, I suggest you go buy it!”

What a scary ordeal! So glad she was OK.

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16 Comments

- - hologro said
  - 28 Jun 2016
    7:36 pm
oh my goodness. How???

- - june11 said
  - 10 May 2016
    10:51 pm
The newer ones have a solid fitting with small holes in them to drain the water out. I suspect a little one might be able to get their fingers stuck in it though.
Hopefully she will be stopped from going down that end of the bath in future.
Let this be a warning to all parents/guardians/carers etc.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 10 May 2016
    1:57 pm
Thank god the little girl was okay xx

- - mom81879 said
  - 10 May 2016
    8:02 am
How horrible! Bit of an ordeal for dad too. Such an easy accident then could affect so many of us

- - mom134803 said
  - 10 May 2016
    7:27 am
What a scary experience ! Glad that the end was all good.

- - Nas01 said
  - 09 May 2016
    11:53 pm
Thank goodness she’s now safe and free.

- - mum4107 said
  - 09 May 2016
    10:43 pm
That poor little girl. It would have been so scarey for them all

- - mom165081 said
  - 09 May 2016
    4:45 pm
How scary for the family – and what about being the neighbour? Never heard of having to enter a neighbours property to remove a bath before. Hope the little girl is ok.

- - BellaB said
  - 09 May 2016
    4:44 pm
At least it was a relatively safe environment to be stuck in. Not that I’d want my kids to try it.

- - Lizbef said
  - 09 May 2016
    3:30 pm
I’m curious as to what the plug hole was like. Poor little darling

- - mom160421 said
  - 09 May 2016
    2:29 pm
I’m glad it all ended well and Olivia slept through most of it.

- - jabelle said
  - 09 May 2016
    2:25 pm
oh poor love. I’m glad she could be with her dad and that she slept through most of it.

- - mom90758 said
  - 09 May 2016
    2:25 pm
That must have been a scary moment for the little girl and the mother. I’m glad the firefighters could help!

- - mom113991 said
  - 09 May 2016
    2:20 pm
Oh my goodness how horrible…poor little girl, I’m so glad they were able to free her..

- - shilto02 said
  - 09 May 2016
    2:16 pm
Wow that would have been scary for such a little girl. I can’t believe she slept through it!