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Three men had to be rescued by firefighters after being trapped in a tumble dryer in Essex, the fire service said.
Essex The County Fire and Rescue Service was called to an abandoned laundry site in Bower Hill, Epping at 6.35pm on Friday.
They found the three young men, believed to be in their late teens, trapped in the industrial-size dryer.
While two of them had successfully climbed up, the third had caught their ankles in the doorway, the force said.
The fire service had to call Essex Police, Helicopter Medical Emergency Service (HEMS) and the Ambulance Service Hazardous Area Response Team to help free the youth.
They used a variety of heavy equipment and removed the dryer door so the third man could break free.
All three received pain relievers and were left in the care of paramedics, the fire service said.
Watch manager Glenn Jackson said in a statement: “It was a difficult to access site and we had to carry a large amount of heavy equipment a great distance from the appliances to the dryer and then use our experience to free the men. in a safe way.
“We use a variety of equipment to free the injured man’s ankles and allow him to get into the dryer.
“The HEMS team relieved the pain and then we managed to move the door, again using a variety of equipment, so the men could get out.
