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10-year-old Whitman boy gets stuck in chimney

Firefighters rescued the boy, who was not injured.

A 10-year-old Whitman boy got into quite the predicament Wednesday afternoon.

According to the town fire department, the boy climbed out of a second-floor window of his Harvard Street home and into the house’s chimney from the roof, ultimately getting stuck from the waist down.

Firefighters responded to a 911 call and rescued the boy, accessing the roof via a ladder. He was not injured.

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