India, May 22 -- The fire department rescued a six-year-old girl in Noida after her fingers got badly stuck in a steel bench for nearly six hours while playing at a park near Kanchanjunga Market in Sector 53, officials said on Wednesday.

The incident took place on Tuesday evening when the little girl was playing with her two sisters, aged 8 and 12, near their home.

"While playing, two fingers on both her hands got stuck in the holes of a bench installed in the park. Initially, she tried to free her fingers herself. But then she called her sisters for help. They tried unsuccessfully too. Later, locals gathered to help, and I received a call from an unknown person to inform it," said the girl's father (name withheld to avoid identifying t...