Woman rescued after becoming trapped in deck chair

Firefighters in the UK have been called to rescue an elderly woman after she became entangled in a deck chair.

According to the UK's The Telegraph the woman, who cannot be named and is aged in her eighties, was sunbaking in her garden in Cornwall when the fabric seat of her deck chair tore, causing her bottom to fall and become lodged in the chair's metal frame.

The woman spent several hours trapped outside in the chair on one of London's hottest days as she was unable to free herself or reach a phone to raise the alarm.

A neighbour eventually found the woman around nine pm when she visited the home to water the garden.

Firefighters were called to the property and managed to free her from the chair.

"We don't actually know how long she was there for but it was quite a long time," Polruan fire station manager Peter Ripley told the The Telegraph.

"It was one of those metal deck chairs with a canvas seat. The canvas had broken and she slipped right down in the seat and couldn't move."

Mr Riply said that although the woman only suffered sunburn, dehydration and minor injuries, paramedics were called.

The woman was taken to a local hospital for a routine check-up.

"She hurt her right leg, as her legs had been over the bar. She was in the sun all of the time too so she was dehydrated and quite brown.

"We don't get a lot of these type of incidents but people who haven't used their deck chairs for a while should be careful and check them before use, especially the elderly," Ripley said.