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Killough: Painter rescued after getting stuck halfway up lighthouse | Killough: Painter rescued after getting stuck halfway up lighthouse |
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A man has been taken to hospital after he got stuck halfway up the outside of a lighthouse in County Down. | |
The 50-year-old man had been painting the St Johns Point lighthouse near Killough and was suspended about 50ft (15m) above the ground. | The 50-year-old man had been painting the St Johns Point lighthouse near Killough and was suspended about 50ft (15m) above the ground. |
He was rescued by a specialist rescue team from the Fire and Rescue Service and the Ambulance Service. | |
It is understood the man was suspended for about an hour and a half before he was freed. | |
The alarm was raised at around 10:05 GMT. | |
Fire appliances from Downpatrick, Newcastle and Ballynahinch were also at the scene. |
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