AN eight-year-old fell off a roof, and found himself trapped, sparking an emergency services scramble.

Basildon Fire Station’s crews were called to Jordan Way, on the Craylands Estate, just after 5.30pm tonight.

An officer from the station said that the boy had fallen off the roof of a property, and onto a garage roof.

However, he found his foot trapped between the garage and a lamppost, so fire crews were needed to free him.