A MAN was rescued from a building site following an incident on Saturday afternoon.

Fire and rescue crews were called to the site at the junction of Dalmeny Road and Cellars Farm Road at 12.13pm.

A man was rescued from a building site in Southbourne following an incident on Saturday May 22 2021

A man was rescued from a building site in Southbourne following an incident on Saturday May 22 2021

A spokesman for Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue said a crew from Christchurch attended, along with the aerial ladder platform(ALP) from Westbourne and two tech rescue appliances from Poole.

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The spokesman added: "A male casualty was stuck on the first floor of a building site building. Our crews rescued him to ground level using a stretcher and the ALP before leaving him in the care of the ambulance crews."

Firefighters left the scene at 1.48pm.

The Daily Echo has contacted the Health and Safety Executive for details.