A SMALL child, locked inside a house in a Suffolk town, had to be rescued by firefighters today.

The fire brigade were called at around 2pm to the incident at a home in Green Road, Haverhill.

A crew from the town’s fire station arrived to discover a person locked out of the house.

A small child was locked inside the house.

The firefighters gained access into the house through a second floor window.

The stranded person was back into the house by 2.15pm.