Firefighters were called to Longtown Road yesterday afternoon to help rescue the man, who was stuck for more than an hour while he waited for a specially-adapted cherry picker to make its way to Havering from south London.

A London Fire Brigade (LFB) spokeswoman told the Recorder: “We were called at 3.35pm to reports of a person stuck on some scaffolding.

“One man was brought to ground level by an aerial ladder platform, where he was examined and taken to hospital by the London Ambulance Service.”

The crew is part of an elite disaster response team known internationally as USA-2, which is trained to conduct around-the-clock search and rescue operations for both domestic and international disasters, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Tuesday’s quake turned dozens of buildings in central Mexico into dust and debris, killing at least 217 people, CNN reported.

Twenty-two bodies were found in the debris of the Enrique Rebsamen school in Mexico City’s Coapa district, Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto said Tuesday.

DARLINGTON COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — The Pine Ridge Fire Department has a new member--a brand new fire truck!

The truck is available to respond to emergencies on the western side of Darlington County.

Wednesday night the department had a special ceremony to dedicate the truck.

Pine Ridge houses three free trucks and they hold about 1,000 to 1,500 gallons of water.

This new truck carries 1,800 gallons of water, something Chief Ricky Flowers says is so important in a rural county that has water issues.

"Not only can it pump water whenever it gets to a fire it takes a lot of water with it. So that's really important to us especially in a rural setting. So, our goal whenever we show up is to have as much water as possible and this truck is a huge help to us," Flowers said.