Three men rescued from tumble dryer in Essex

The Essex County Fire and Rescue Service were involved in helping resuce the men after they became trapped in a tumble dryer (John Stillwell/PA)

Firefighters have had to rescue three young men who became stuck in a tumble dryer in Essex on Friday night.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) said in a statement they were called to a derelict laundry site in Bower Hill in Epping around 6.35pm where the three men believed to be in their late teens had decided to crawl into the industrial-sized dryer.