Baby Rescued from Car in Arrecife

The incident occurred last night when a child was left inside a locked car.

Firefighters responded on Friday night to rescue a baby who had accidentally become trapped inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the Centro Bulevard in Arrecife, on the island of Lanzarote, according to a statement to Europa Press by the Canary Islands Government’s Coordinating Center for Security and Emergencies (Cecoes 112).

Incident details

The event took place at approximately 21:57, when the Cecoes 112 operations room received a call reporting that someone had left the keys inside the car, which consequently became locked with a 22‑month‑old infant inside. Emergency resources were immediately mobilized.

Rescue

Local police officers from Arrecife and firefighters arrived on the scene and rescued the baby, who was found to be in perfect health and required no medical assistance.