Video shows friendly firefighters taking part in snowball fight with child in Sheffield suburb

The heartwarming video footage shows the crew from Elm Lane station playfully chucking snowballs between themselves and the youngster on Foxglove Road, in Firth Park, earlier today.

Cassandra Ellis, who filmed the encounter, said: “Even in a pandemic nothing is too much for our amazing front line staff.”

The crew had been in the area assisting the ambulance service to gain access to a property.

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