Firefighters from Barmouth arrived within four minutes and were able to rescue the family from a first floor window using a ladder.

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In 1994, thieves brought a ladder to a window at the National Gallery on the first day of the Olympics in Lillehammer and took the work, leaving a note in its place thanking the museum for its lousy security.

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He said the firefighters placed a ladder up to the window and brought the man to safety.

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