A 29-YEAR-OLD man spent three hours trapped in his bedroom before finally ringing 999.

Firefighters from Nelson said they thought the ‘bizarre’ call was a joke at first when they were called to Regent Street, Nelson, at 9pm on Wednesday.

The ‘embarrassed’ man had locked himself in his bedroom, but became trapped due to a faulty mechanism.

Several members of his family failed in their attempts to free him.

Crew manager Steven Gregory said: “It took us five minutes, a crowbar and a door ram to get him out.

"He was rather embarrassed.”