P.P.A., a nine-year-old girl in Lao Cai City of the namesake northern mountainous province, was saved from a 25-centimeter gap between two houses on Friday. Two vehicles and more than 20 firefighters and rescuers were later detached to the scene to save the girl. To pull the girl out of the gap, rescuers dismantled part of the walls. P.P.A., a nine-year-old girl in Lao Cai City of the namesake northern mountainous province, was saved from a 25-centimeter gap between two houses on Friday. To pull the girl out of the gap, rescuers dismantled part of the walls.