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The London Fire Brigade has revealed some of the unusual calls it receives about people becoming stuck in objects.
The list was unveiled as part of a safety push ahead of the Fifty Shades of Grey film, which they fear will lead to a spike in people becoming stuck in handcuffs.
In 2013/14, fire-fighters attended 472 incidents involving removing objects from people and people from objects, often household items.
Here are some unusual calls they have received:
Firefighters received a call from a woman whose hand was trapped in the ash tray of her car
Crews freed a teenager who was stuck in a swing
Firefighters freed a man who had his penis stuck in a plastic bottle
Firefighters freed a man who had his penis stuck in a vacuum cleaner
A woman called the brigade in a panic after getting her hand caught in a settee
Firefighters freed a man who had his penis stuck in a toaster
A woman called the to get help for her husband who was locked in a chastity belt
Crews helped free a father out of his child's toy car
Crews helped rescue a man who had fallen behind a toilet
Firefighters helped cut two rings from a man's penis. They had been stuck for three days
Firefighters freed a man who got stuck in a swing and another under a roundabout
Source: London Fire Brigade
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