Firefighters Had To Take on an Unusual and Delicate Job....

Firefighters undertook a "delicate operation" at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital to liberate a man's penis from a steel ring this morning.

A fire spokesman said hospital staff had asked for a crew to go to the hospital's emergency department at around nine to help remove the ring that had encircled the man's private part.

He said a dremel tool, a type of power grinder, was used to remove the stainless steel ring.

"If you look at that, you can see it required a delicate operation."

Despite the seemingly bizarre nature of the incident, the fire spokesman said it was not that uncommon an occurrence.

"Hence they carry the dremel tool."

Source: NZ Herald