Firefighters cut woman from rings

A disabled woman is recovering after firefighters were called to her house to cut rings from her finger after her hand had swollen up overnight.

The daughter of the middle-aged woman, from Lochgelly, was forced to call for help on Wednesday when her mother could not remove her wedding rings.

Two firefighters from Fife Fire and Rescue used special fire engine cutting equipment to cut her free.
The rings were causing the woman, who is a wheelchair user, severe pain.

Struan Drummond, a Fife Fire and Rescue Service firefighter, said: "We received a call at 1000 GMT and decided to go round instead of asking the woman, who was in a wheelchair, to come to the station.
"It was an unusual call-out but it is all part of the service, we are here to help the community.

"We removed both her wedding ring and her engagement ring using special equipment which has a cutting wheel."