SARIKEI: Family members of an elderly woman who had gotten her hand stuck in their home’s toilet floor trap hole yesterday had to seek the assistance of the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) to free her.

The 74-year old woman Alai Biju had to endure pain and being stuck in the same position for about five hours before firemen managed to free her hand after breaking the floor tiles with a concrete breaker machine, Sarikei District Bomba chief Mahmudin Narudin said.