10-month-old baby found locked in home alone due to wind, parents panicked

This is a story that could have turned into a tragedy and entered the category of domestic accidents! Fortunately, more fear than harm for both parents ofa 10 month old baby who found himself home alone for about twenty minutes. They are our colleagues from Var-Morning who report the events that occurred on Tuesday March 14 at Puget-Ville, a town located northeast of Toulon (83). In effect, a strong gust of wind slammed the door of the home of the young parents who, at that time, were outside. Impossible for them to reopen the door, inevitably the concern is strong! Immediately, they contact the firefighters who are already in action. Enter into action the town hall of Puget-Ville…

Still according to our colleagues, the parents of the baby turned to the municipal police who immediately called on the town hall technical service to ask for the ready for a ladder, so that an agent can climb to window height. The idea? Enter through the one that had remained open… protected by bars. The head of the unit dispatched to the scene finally managed to sneak into the apartment “at the price of intense contortions“ they say. Once inside, he was able to ensure that the baby was healthy and attend the reunion with parents that we imagine frightened.

Domestic accidents: the children concerned

Twenty minutes could indeed have been enough to cause misfortune. A few weeks ago, we learned that a 4-year-old child had been hospitalized due to vomiting and abdominal colic caused by… a bracelet found in his stomach. Later in time, a three-year-old girl died under the weight of a football goal that he had crushed her. Home accidents are common and account for approximately 21,000 deaths per year in France according Public Health Franceof which 200 relate to children under 15. The proportion of recourse to emergencies in the context of domestic accidents is highest for children under three years of age. There fall is the first cause.