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A woman once dubbed 'Britain's fattest teenager' has been lifted out of her home by a crane.

Georgia Davis, 22, was taken from her flat in Aberdare in a reported seven-hour operation and transported to hospital this afternoon.

Fire, police and ambulance crews were called to the property and a number of roads were closed so medics and firefighters could remove her.

Neighbours described seeing 12 emergency vehicles and dozens of emergency service personnel at the scene.

It is understood French doors at the front of the specially-adapted property were removed to allow crews to lift her from the ground-floor flat into an ambulance using a high amperage crane.

In pictures: Georgia Davies

An eye-witness, who asked not to be named, said: "It's absolute chaos, there's 999 vehicles everywhere and dozens of emergency service workers.

"All the roads are shut down and parents and school transport can't get to the nearby schools and colleges, it's been complete lock down all day.

"The building has been converted into flats and her flat has big French doors at the front so she can get out easily."

Another neighbour said: "I thought the flats were on fire there were so many vehicles.

"The police and ambulance were there at 10am and and I got back home at 2.50pm and there was several emergency vehicles.

"The road was totally blocked, it was absolute mayhem.

"They had a big crane and the main road was closed for around an hour. It was a complete meltdown, everyone stopped.

"I feel very sorry for the girl but this isn't the first time this has happened.

Georgia, who has lived at the flat for around two years, was removed from her previous property in similar circumstances in 2012 .

She was said to have ordered seven kebabs at once at the time.

She has previously been to a 'fat camp' in the US after her weight ballooned to 63 stone.

In 2008 Georgia lost 15 stone on a 1,500 calorie-a-day diet and an exercise regime ­supervised by behavioural coaches, food psychologists and trainers at Wellspring clinic.

But she eventually put all the weight back on.

A spokeswoman for Cwm Taf University Health Board said: “We can confirm that the fire service was brought in earlier today to assist us with access to a property in order to safely transport a patient into hospital. We do not comment on individual patients.”

The Welsh Ambulance Service, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service and South Wales Police all confirmed crews were in attendance.