Fire brigade braced for rise in Fifty Shades call outs

Firefighters fear a rise in call-outs from people getting trapped in compromising situations as a result of the "Fifty Shades" effect.

London Fire Brigade said since the book was released in 2011 there had been a surge in incidents of people being trapped or stuck in objects like handcuffs as they recreate its steamy scenes.

And with the UK premiere of the film tonight, the brigade is braced for another round of embarrassing episodes.

They tweeted they had already had to rescue a man whose wife locked him in a titanium chastity belt and urged people to "keep those keys handy".

And another man was left red-faced, and probably in a lot of pain, after getting stuck in two intimate rings for three days.

Doctors were unable to remove them, so two firefighters had to cut them off using hydraulic cutters.

LFB chiefs have even launched a campaign urging people to think carefully before getting themselves into sticky situations.

Since 2013 fire crews in the capital have attended 472 cases of people getting struck or trapped, often in household objects.

They were called to 28 incidents of people being trapped in handcuffs and seven instances of men with rings stuck on their nether regions.

In the past have been called to help a man whose penis was stuck in a toaster, while another poor soul trapped his manhood in a vacuum cleaner.

LFB third officer Dave Brown said: "The Fifty Shades effect seems to spike handcuff incidents, so we hope film-goers will use common sense and avoid leaving themselves red-faced."

A spokesman added: "Our advice is simple. If the ring doesn't fit, don't force it on. As well as being painful, you could end up wasting emergency service time if you have to call us out."