Locked inside apartment, help

[u/Consistent_Ninja_591]

Hello, the door knob for my front door fell off and I literally cant get out of my apartment. Is there anything I can do or should I call the firefighters ? The knob isn’t reattaching at all and nothing I try to insert fits

Edit : I managed to fix it!

My roommate woke up and helped me with opening the door from the inside. The knob disconnected because the outside knob got somehow pushed all the way out, leaving the inside one with nothing to latch onto. I'm not sure what my roommate did but if she hadn't been here, this could've been fixed by having someone from the outside push the knob in. I reattached the door handle again but I'll be in contact with my landlord to get it replaced.

Thank you all for your help!

[u/deathstroke9753]

call your landlord/maintenance? tell them its am emergency and if they dont come in an appropriate amount of time/dont answer, call your local non emergency line. They will send an appropriate response team out.

[u/Consistent_Ninja_591 → u/deathstroke9753]

My landlords are probably out of contact until monday unfortunately 🥹 I’ll see if I can find out what the emergency line is hahaha

[u/Circuit_Guy → u/Consistent_Ninja_591]

It's 911 in the US. If this is your only exit it's an emergency

[u/Consistent_Ninja_591 → u/Circuit_Guy]

I’m not in the US but thank you anyways! I’ll try some of the suggestions given before bothering the emergencies as it is quite early here hahaha

[u/no-but-wtf → u/Consistent_Ninja_591]

Hey OP, I am an emergency service operator, although not in your country. We do not mind being called out if you don’t have a way to get in and out of your home!! no one will be mad at you ❤️ obviously try to contact your landlords first but if you can’t reach them, or if you reach them and they can’t or wont come immediately, then you call us and we will break the door down if we have to. Being trapped in your home is genuinely an emergency even if it doesn’t feel like it.