Firefighters got themselves in a bit of a lather when they were called to help rescue a 12-year-old boy who had become stuck in a gully at a North Tyneside swimming pool.
Faced with how best to extricate the youngster who had got his knee stuck in the gully by the side of the pool, the crew from Tynemouth Community Fire Station took a creative approach and cracked open a bottle of shampoo. Having calmed the lad down, the firefighters used the hair care product to lubricate the skin around his trapped knee before successfully freeing him.
The boy got trapped during a private swimming session at Tynemouth Pool on Preston Road North in North Shields, on Sunday evening. Watch manager Ian Laidler of Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service – who was on duty at the time of the call out – told ChronicleLive it was one of the most unusual incidents he had attended in his firefighting career.
