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.