Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The escalators where the incident happened have now been sealed off

A man has had to have his foot amputated after his leg became trapped in an escalator in a shopping mall in Shanghai, local media report.

Firefighters managed to free the 35-year-old cleaner after the incident on Saturday evening, local TV reports say.

He was taken to a local hospital but doctors were unable to save his foot.

Last week a woman died in a similar incident in Jingzhou, in a department store in the central province of Hubei, sparking widespread anger.

Footage broadcast on local TV of the latest incident shows the man, Zhang Shisheng, slipping on the top platform of the escalator.

A gap then appears into which his left leg falls and becomes trapped.

Mr Zhang told China Central Television: "Seven to eight yellow comb plates suddenly burst and trembled... I fell forward, and the escalator was running. It suddenly pulled my feet inside.

"As I work with escalators, I knew to press the red button."

Li Hui, an officer with the Changning District Market Monitoring Bureau, told CCTV: "We reached the scene as quickly as possible. We conducted an on-site investigation on the escalator and its maintenance.

"We also looked at the video of the escalator and its documentation. It has been condoned off right now. The accident is still under investigation."