A four-year-old boy fell into a 300-foot deep abandoned well of a water pump at Shahjahanpur in Dhaka this afternoon.

The accident took place around 3:00pm when he along with other boys was playing in the area at the Railway Colony, sources said.

Three firefighting units rushed to the spot immediately after the accident and are trying to rescue the boy.

Food and water have been sent to the boy and oxygen is being used at the well to keep him alive.

The firefighters made several attempts to bring the boy out of the well using a rope but they were not successful.

It could not be possible to send a rescuer inside the 14-inch diameter well which has a two-inch thick shaft inside. 

Zia (full name was not available immediately, is a son of Nasiruddin, a security guard at a school in Motijheel, Abu