One Chinese toddler has had a lucky escape after getting his hand wedged into the side of a shop's glass door.

The four-year-old was shopping with his mother at a branch of Walmart in Guilin, China, when he got his hand trapped in the hinge side of a closing glass door.

Firefighters arrived on the scene and placed a towel over the child's wrist to protect him from any more injuries before prising the door from the wall using hydraulic rams and crowbars.

Other than some nasty bruises, the boys hand was not seriously injured.