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Shropshire firefighter crews called on to free stuck fingers from rings

Shropshire firefighters were asked to help two people who couldn't get rings from off their fingers.

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One person dropped into the Bridgnorth Fire Station at 9.20am on Friday after failing to get a ring off themselves. A firefighter was able to use a specialist ring-cutter to remove the ring from the person's right hand.

On Thursday night it was the Shrewsbury fire crew asked to give assistance at the station. Small tools were used to take a ring off a person's hand in a 10-minute operation.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said both rings were removed safely.

Telford firefighters were called out after two people became stuck in a lift at Telford Central railway station at 7.35pm on Thursday. They were both free when the crew arrived and engineers were called out to deal with the problem with the doors.