A COUPLE were rescued from the roof of a block of flats after rubbish was set alight in the lobby.
Fire crews from Atherton were called to Spring Gardens, Atherton, at 2.30am to find a couple on the flat roof.
They had climbed up from their first floor flat through a window. After being checked out by paramedics, the couple returned to their flat.
A couple from the ground floor flat were evacuated after it became smoke-logged.
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