A teenager, after losing his keys, had to be rescued from the chimney of his inner-Melbourne home.
With no other way into his Fitzroy home, the 17-year-old climbed down the chimney until reaching the flue shelf and finding he could not go up or down.
Metropolitan Fire Brigade controller Trevor Woodward said the trapped youth screamed until he was heard by neighbours, who raised the alarm.
Firefighters lowered a rope and pulled him to the roof just before 9pm (AEST).
"There was no one home so he was lucky the neighbours heard him," Mr Woodward said.
"As much as he was black and sooty, he was just as red faced as can be with embarrassment.
"I can only imagine the kid must have been pretty thin to even contemplate getting down there."
With no other way into his Fitzroy home, the 17-year-old climbed down the chimney until reaching the flue shelf and finding he could not go up or down.
Metropolitan Fire Brigade controller Trevor Woodward said the trapped youth screamed until he was heard by neighbours, who raised the alarm.
Firefighters lowered a rope and pulled him to the roof just before 9pm (AEST).
"There was no one home so he was lucky the neighbours heard him," Mr Woodward said.
"As much as he was black and sooty, he was just as red faced as can be with embarrassment.
"I can only imagine the kid must have been pretty thin to even contemplate getting down there."