Firefighters free man trapped upside down in kitchen press

A “good Samaritan” neighbour was hailed a hero last night for helping to save a man trapped upside down in a kitchen press.

Emergency service personnel who responded to the bizarre incident in Cork’s western suburbs said the trapped man was lucky to be alive given that he had been stuck upside down in very tight confines for more than an hour. They said the neighbour who, it is understood, calls several times a week to check on the man who is in his 40s and who lives alone, deserved huge praise for calling so regularly and for raising the alarm.

Firefighters had to use cutting equipment during the course of a lengthy rescue operation to free the man from the press.