A man in his 30s had to be rescued by firefighters this week after he became stuck in a height-adjustable desk.

Emergency workers responding to a call in the Danish city of Horsens had to use a battering ram to gain access to the stricken man's home and free him from his furniture.

Incident commander Dennis Ottosen told Danish news site Ekstra Bladet: "The man could not get free on his own and called 112. So we went out and helped him.

"Somehow the tabletop had dropped down over his legs. He was sat in his chair with a leg laid over metal beam under the tabletop. It was quite impossible for him to get free and he was in great pain."