A PIZZA delivery man had to be rescued by firefighters after getting trapped in a garden.

The man had dropped off a pizza at a large detached house in Victoria Road, Bolton but on the way out the electric gates on the highly secured home became stuck due to a fault.

Firefighters were called at about around 3am yesterday.

They cut off the electricity supply to the fence and gate to let the man out.

The owner of the home will now be given a service charge.

A Greater Manchester Fire service spokesman said: "This is an example of what the fire brigade should not be spending their time doing. There could have been an emergency elsewhere."