As good looking as it is sturdy, the fireplace screen’s frame features two adjustable back legs that slide back and forth along the bottom edge for extra stability. Once you’ve found the right ...

A real estate saleswoman and a couple looking to buy some lakefront property saw the legs of a man dangling in a house’s fireplace, but they thought it was a prank and did not report it.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said paramedics instructed the fire crews not to lift the fireplace off the man’s legs until they had assessed the extent of his injuries.