Crews in Blackpool free trapped animal from cinema roof
More top stories: Blackpool Council to invest more cash in £25m conference centre project - but how much?A crew was called out to the Odeon on Rigby Road on Sunday, May 20 at around 8pm after a member of the public reported an animal trapped on the roof.
Firefighters arrived to discover a seagull had been caught in netting on top of the building.
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Hide AdA spokesman for the fire service said: "A member of the public spotted the distressed bird from the street.
"We used a ladder to access the bird and freed it from the netting.
"It was quiet at first as it had been there a while, but it soon livened up.
"It had a good go at trying to peck us but it was just scared."
Firefighters report that the bird seemed happy enough to be freed and flew away without any apparent injury.