{
  "id": 1155735,
  "title": "Snakes, swings and stuck rings: Fire Dept's strangest rescues [WATCH]",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/snakes-swings-and-stuck-rings-fire-depts-strangest-rescues-watch",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T23:30:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1511952/snakes-swings-and-stuck-rings-fire-depts-strangest-rescues-watch"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR: Removing rings from sensitive body parts, freeing children wedged in cooking pots, carrying patients weighing 200kg down narrow staircases and rescuing adults stuck in playground equipment are all in a day’s work for firefighters.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/fire-dept-calls-for-systematic-measures-to-prevent-fallen-tree",
        "published": "2026-08-15T23:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Snakes, swings and stuck rings: Fire Dept's strangest rescues",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/snakes-swings-and-stuck-rings-fire-depts-strangest-rescues",
        "published": "2026-08-15T23:30:15.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}