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Woman rescued by firefighters after falling off toilet
2:32pm Thursday 27th December 2007
By Charlotte Bradshaw »
A WOMAN was trapped for more than three hours after falling off the toilet.
Firefighters had to be called to free the woman in the early hours of today.
And it took them three hours following a delicate operation before she was free at 5.30am.
Her leg was trapped between the toilet and the wall, firefighters said.
The woman, said to be in her 50s, called for her husband's help when she fell at her home off Windsor Road, Knuzden.
He tried to free her himself, before calling the fire service.
Firefighters had to drill a hole in the wall to free the woman, whose arm was burnt by a boiling central heating pipe.
They said the woman had been left distressed by the incident.
Blackburn crew manager Craig Etherington said: "The woman had got up to go to the toilet and fell between the toilet and the wall and became stuck.
"It was a very tempestuous three hours for the lady.
"She was taken to hospital after burning her arm when she fell against the central heating pipes.
"We couldn't take the toilet out because her leg was jammed over it so we had to take out part of the wall to free her.
"It was a very embarrassing situation for her but she and her husband were just relieved that she wasn't seriously injured."
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Cabin End, Knuzden says...
3:59pm Thu 27 Dec 07
Mr truthspeaker..., here says...
10:52pm Sat 29 Dec 07
It is a shame for the woman involved, and fair play to the emergency services who helped her but how on earth did the LET hear about it? Methinks someone at the fire brigade/hospital is taking backhanders for feeding stories to reporters... Hmmmm... smells fishy.
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andy, spain says...
11:33am Thu 27 Dec 07
It takes me back to the days when SupaGlue was invented and watching a lady being took away in an Ambulance when some kids had glued the bog seat. I know you shouldn't laugh but it was like a scene out of Some Mothers Do have Em when Frank let Glue Go. Does any one else remember that episode?