PHOENIX -- Firefighters rescued a 13-year-old boy who got stuck in a chimney while playing with his friends on a roof. The boy's friends called 911 and their parents after he fell into the chimney Wednesday night, Capt. Ardell Deliz said. The boy tumbled about 5 feet into the opening, and the parents had no luck pulling him out. Shortly afterward, the fire department arrived, and crews lowered a rope to him and got him to wrap it around his arms, Deliz said.
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