A MAN has been freed by paramedics after getting his hand and arm trapped in a bread making machine.

The fire and ambulance service attended after being alerted at 3.36am on Saturday to an address on Holly Mount Way, Rawtenstall.

A fire service spokesman, said: "A fire engine from Rawtenstall was called to a commercial property after receiving reports of a man with his arm caught in a bread making machine.

"Firefighters used cutting equipment to free the man's arm and he was given a precautionary check by paramedics at the scene."