Firefighters rescued a little egret that was tangled in fishing lines and stuck hanging on power lines in northern China.

In the video, shot in the city of Shangluo in Shaanxi Province on January 5, a small egret can be seen hovering under power lines trying to free itself from the fishing line.

A fireman was lifted up by a crane and cut off the fishing line before bringing it back down to the ground.

Firefighters cleared the rest fishing line and checked the bird's wings before they returned back to the wild.