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Woman's Leg Severed By Flying Pressure Cooker

MIAMI -- A 79-year-old woman's leg was severed Thursday morning when her pressure cooker fell off her stove and exploded, according to Miami Fire Rescue.

Fire officials said the woman was cooking in her home at 1736 SW 24th Court just after 10 a.m. when the pressure cooker fell to the floor.

"Right now, we don't know exactly what happened, but from what we are told, she was cooking, and for some unknown reason, the pressure cooker fell," said Lt. Ignatius Carroll, of Miami Fire Rescue. "The impact caused it to explode. Maybe pieces from the pressure cooker severed her leg completely."

The woman's leg was severed below the knee, officials said.

"We don't know what part of the pressure cooker actually did the damage," Carroll said.

A family member put a tourniquet on the woman's leg to slow the bleeding. Carroll said that if the woman had been alone, she likely would have bled to death.

Rescuers arrived to find the woman on the floor with food everywhere.

Carroll called it "one of the freakiest accident calls that we have ever heard."

The woman was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital in stable condition. Carroll said doctors were working to save the woman's leg.

See Video: Woman's Leg Severed In Bizarre Cooking Accident (at link)