(ROUGH CUT ONLY - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A boy who was trapped in a household washing machine in China's eastern Shandong Province was successfully rescued by local firefighters, state media reported on Wednesday (February 20).<br/> <br />Firefighters worked for half an hour to safely free the two-year-old boy, Chinese state television CCTV reported.<br/> <br />Rescuers were able to cut through the basket's plastic side to a point where they could break it apart with their hands.<br/> <br />Just one day earlier, CCTV reported on Tuesday (February 19) that a three-year-old girl was rescued safely by local firefighters on Sunday from a washing machine in the same province.
