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Belleville police help free twin toddlers locked in bathroom with tap running

Police in Belleville say they were called to a north-end home Friday after grandparents babysitting a pair of three-year-old twins said the boys had locked themselves in a bathroom and started running water in the tub. Adriana Duduleanu / EyeEm

Belleville, Ont., police say they were able to help grandparents of a pair of twin toddlers get out of some potentially deep waters Friday.

The grandparents reached out to police and reported the three-year-old twin boys they were babysitting had locked themselves in the couple’s bathroom and started running water in the tub around 3 p.m.

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They told police the water had started flooding.

Officers who happened to be on patrol near the couple’s north-end home were quickly able to get into the bathroom to free the boys and turn off the tap, police said in a release Monday.

Police say both boys were uninjured.

There was no word from police on how much damage the flooding tub caused.

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