Woman rescued by firefighters after getting arm trapped in dog poo bin

A Tayside woman was rescued by firefighters after getting her arm trapped inside a dog poo bin. The 39-year-old spent twenty-five minutes with her right arm jammed in the box in a park in Perth, Scotland. She was taken to hospital by ambulance to be checked over after finally being freed from the bin in Letham park. The woman had been trying to retrieve a child’s hat from deep within the box when she found herself unable to pull it out again.

Firefighters and paramedics were called to the scene to try and free her from her predicament. A crowd of people began to gather as the woman’s plight became clear. One local resident said the woman’s arm had “turned blue” as she lost circulation with it stuck in the bin. She said: “It wasn’t even just a normal bin. She was taken away in an ambulance. She must have got her arm stuck properly because it had gone blue by the time the ambulance arrived. She must have cut the circulation off.”



A woman whose house overlooks the park said the woman had looked like she was in pain. She said: “You are just not meant to get stuff out of those bins. No one could believe it. The girl looked like she was in pain because her whole arm was stuck inside and she was taken away in an ambulance.” A spokesman for the Scottish Ambulance Service said they were notified by the Scottish Fire Service.

He said: “We attended at 6.57pm and transported a female to hospital in Perth. She had her hand trapped in a bin and the information was passed to us by the fire service.” A spokeswoman for the Scottish Fire Service said it took about five minutes to free the woman. She said: “The woman was 39-years-old, she was trying to retrieve a child’s baseball cap and her arm got stuck. It happened at 6.50pm on Monday night in Letham playing park. She had been stuck for about 20 minutes before we arrived and it took about five minutes to release her.”