PREGNANT Trowbridge mum Lucia Galley said she feared for the safety of her 17-month-old toddler after he locked her out on her balcony on Wednesday.

Miss Galley, who lives on the first floor of flats in Kingswood Chase, Studley Green, was forced to call the fire brigade after her son Braxton turned the key on the door while hanging out her washing wearing only her pyjamas.

Despite pleading with him to let her back in, she was left with no choice other than to call firefighters at around 9.37am, after her neighbour passed her his phone through a window.

Firefighters climbed through an open bedroom window to get back into the flat, after breaking the safety restrictor, and open the door for Miss Galley to be reunited with her son.

Miss Galley, who is 32-weeks pregnant with her second child, said: “I was about to get dressed just as my washing machine finished, so I decided to put it out on the line because it was a nice day. I started putting the first item up when I heard the lock turn.

“I didn’t think he had turned it all the way so I quickly reached for the handle, but he had turned it enough. He did bring my phone to the glass door, but that wasn’t any use and he didn’t really understand when I tried to convince him to turn the key back.

“I made enough noise to wake my neighbour up and he was able to pass me his phone so I could call the fire brigade. When I rang them I was fine, but then I started crying when he got upset and I was still crying when they arrived.

“It was scary, even though I knew he couldn’t go anywhere, as he was in there on his own. I kept him entertained while we waited and the firefighters cheered once they let me back in.”

Miss Galley, who lives with her partner Andrew, said that her Staffordshire bull terrier Murphy was also in the flat at the time and was scratching at the door to the balcony while she was outside.

She added: “The firefighters were great and they took no time at all. Looking back on it now it is quite funny, but at the time I was so emotional and I was just relieved to be back with him.”

Watch manager Guy Tadman said: “It is quite common for us to get called out to people being locked out of their home. She couldn't convince him to let her back in, which is when she called us.

“She was upset to start with, as it is never nice to be away from your children, but she was relieved when we let her back in and I think she saw the funny side.”