Seattle 2-Year-Old Rescued After Getting Locked in Amazon Fulfillment Locker

In areas where household or porch delivery is not an option, such as downtown or metro Seattle or other cities, Amazon uses what are called fulfillment boxes or lockers.

They're found in just about every community across the US.

These vary in size, some of them are big enough to hold a small child.

2-year-old OK after being rescued Sunday afternoon

Geekwire is reporting Sunday afternoon, Seattle Police got a call from the Radford Court Apartments, saying a child was playing in the locker, got stuck, and then locked inside.

When a consumer orders a large item, the box goes into a locker at a fulfillment hub location near their apartment, condo, or often they're located at grocery stores. The consumer uses their parcel information to unlock and open the box.

They're often referred to by Amazon as a Hub, or The Hub.

Geekwire reports it's not clear how the child was able to access the box, once a consumer retrieves their package, the door is supposed to close and automatically lock on its own. In this case, apparently, it did not.

Broadcastify reported at one point, SPD was considering having to "break into" the box to get the child out, but they were able to retrieve them. As of Sunday evening, the child was OK.

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Geekwire says they've reached out to Amazon about the incident,  and have said they will release whatever information they receive.