Security guard rescued by firefighters after getting stuck inside cash machine

A security guard had to be rescued by firefighters from inside a cash machine.



The incident happened at a Shell petrol station in Brentwood, Essex, at around 12.50pm on Saturday when the locking mechanism of the door to the security room behind the machine failed and the guard, who works for Securicor, became trapped inside whilst loading the dispenser.



One fire engine from Brentwood was sent to the scene, as was the Urban Search and Rescue Unit with its specialist cutting equipment and crews, after verifying who he was, set to work to free the guard by 2.05pm.



Leading firefighter Robert Snelling, of Brentwood station’s Green Watch, said: “The locking mechanism broke and we were called to release him which we did after quite a time. We tried to do the back but we had to go in from the front in the end.” One police officer was also at the scene.