A YouTube prankster freed by a fire crew after using Polyfilla to "cement" his head inside a microwave has been warned against risking his life for "other people's entertainment".

Senior officers at West Midlands Fire Service in the UK said they were "not going to charge" the man at the centre of the incident, footage of whose self-inflicted ordeal and subsequent rescue went viral.

Simon Woodward, a station commander, said the man's life was in genuine danger, so the £650 deployment cost would not be levied. However, in comments on the fire service's Twitter feed, he added: "What I'd like to do is remind people not to put their lives at risk for the sake of other people's entertainment."

 

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