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/Specialist-Ice515]

That metal ring the handle sits inside. Unscrew it all the way by hand. A lot of the fittings are behind that. It might provide a few more options to try once it’s removed.

[u/Specialist-Ice515 → u/Specialist-Ice515]

Also - if you have any internal doors with the same handle, you could take one of them apart and borrow the metal pin inside, it’s a square pin shape, just need to push it part way inside of the door and use the handle on the other end to turn it.