Fire crew rescues man stuck on the roof of a Wigan borough home in the early hours

Why and how he got there remains something of a mystery, except that he told emergency workers that he had been trying to get away from someone.

He was found at 4.30am on Monday May 21 sitting on the roof of a two-storey house in Burns Avenue in the Hag Fold area of Atherton.

A crew from Atherton brought the man – thought to be in his mid-30s - down using their 9m ladder, completely unscathed.

A fire service spokesman said: “We have absolutely no idea how he got up there. It was quite a feat, whatever was involved.

"We believe that he had been there for about half an hour when we were called there. He was just sitting on the roof.

"We brought him down without any problem and he just left the scene.”

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