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Firefighters forced to wear gas masks to rescue man who had not washed for 5 years
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FIREMEN in Germany were forced to don gas masks to rescue a bedridden obese man who had not washed in five years, Daily Mail reported.
Neighbors of the 25-stone man thought their apartment block in the town of Nurtigen near Stuttgart, had been targeted in a chemical attack when firemen turned up wearing bio-hazard suits and respirators, according to the report.
But it was because of conditions inside the 65-year-old's apartment - described as 'absolute hell' by one firefighter - which forced them into such drastic precautions, the report said.
'It was knee deep in rubbish, from rotting pizza boxes to old food and tins....and vermin rustling about,' the firefighter added. 'The smell was indescribable.'
Firemen had to smash the front door to his apartment down because there was too much rubbish behind it to push open.
The morbidly obese man was was found amid a pile of the refuse with serious difficulty breathing. A neighbour called police after hearing rhythmic tapping on her ceiling - his SOS for help.
The man was too fat to exit through the door to his home and had to be lowered with a crane to a waiting ambulance.
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