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Refrigerator Falls on Comedian Laura Clery; Firefighters Rescue Family

5/25/2026

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Firefighters Rescue Comedian

A 600-pound refrigerator fell on comedian Laura Clery (39) while she was home alone with her two children.
After she called 911, three firefighters broke through the garage door, lifted the fridge, and took her to a trauma unit on a neck brace with no broken bones.
Clery praised the firefighters as calm, kind, and heroic and expressed relief that her children were safe.

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Clery Sues Installer

Clery announced plans to sue the refrigerator installer for negligence, saying the unit was never properly anchored.
Clery said the fridge tipped when her seven-year-old son Alfie climbed on it, causing injuries.
Stephen Hilton revealed she texted him during the incident, writing “I’m dying. Come by now now now.”
Clery warned in an Instagram video that the installer’s oversight could endanger other families and that she will pursue legal action.

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Clery Seeks Healing

Laura Clery has flashbacks and intrusive “what-if” thoughts about the fridge falling.
She posted on Facebook feeling “grateful and completely shaken.”
She asked followers if anyone tried EMDR therapy to process the trauma she calls “dumbest way has ever died.”
She reported on Patreon that her lower back remains sore despite no broken bones and wrote on Instagram that she struggles to breathe, feeling her body “deciding to shut down.”

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Clery Crushed

Laura Clery described the incident as the most terrifying night of her life in social-media posts.
She said her son’s climb onto a stainless-steel refrigerator caused the appliance to tip forward and crush her.
While pinned, she reported feeling she was losing consciousness, underscoring the immediate danger.
She added dark humor, joking that her brain briefly thought the death was the dumbest way anyone could die.

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Firefighters Rescue Comedian

A 600-pound refrigerator fell on comedian Laura Clery (39) while she was home alone with her two children.
After she called 911, three firefighters broke through the garage door, lifted the fridge, and took her to a trauma unit on a neck brace with no broken bones.
Clery praised the firefighters as calm, kind, and heroic and expressed relief that her children were safe.

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