FIREFIGHTERS rescued a 13-year-old boy who got stuck on the roof of a house.
The boy clambered on to the roof of the terraced house at Middleton Walk, in Oxbridge, Stockton, on Monday night to get a flip flop, which had been thrown up there.
The teenager, who was with a group of friends, used out-buildings at the back of the house to get up, but was unable to get back down.
His friends called the fire brigade and the boy clung onto the chimney stack until they arrived at about 9.15pm.
Station Officer Bob Beech said: "It's quite easy to climb up there, but it's a bit dodgy climbing down especially in the dark.
"He was unhurt, just too frightened to come down by himself."
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