Terrifying moment worker trapped at the top of burning tower

This is the terrifying moment a builder came close to being engulfed in flames, before a modest crane driver saved him from the roof of a burning £750million Reading development today.

The man, who has not been named, was close to dying before Glen Edwards managed to carry out a Hollywood-style rescue and move a cage through smoke and flame to save his unnamed colleague.

Before Mr Edwards, 65, had an opportunity to showcase his operator skills, footage shows the other builder stranded alone on top of the One Station Hill office development close to Reading Station, as his feet become engulfed in flames. The workman uses his coat to attract his lifesaver, as the thick clouds of toxic smoke submerge him.

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