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A video has shown the dramatic moment a man trapped in a burning tower block, named as the former Foster Wheeler building, was saved as he was rescued by a dangling crane in a daring rescue in Reading
Footage of the trapped workman on top of the One Station Hill office development as it becomes engulfed in flames shows juts how close he was to dying.
Station Hill previously suffered a blaze on July 7 this year, months before the £750million project was due to be completed, when a flames engulfed the twelfth and thirteenth floors of the building.
A worker was dramatically rescued by a crane on the roof, with dramatic footage showing the person being lifted to safety being shared to social media
The large fire broke out at the Station Hill development site near Reading town centre on Thursday morning.