Putting your foot in it! Fire crews come to punter’s rescue after he got his leg trapped down a drain outside Wetherspoon pub

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This is the moment firefighters had to rescue a punter who got his leg trapped down a drain outside a pub in central London.

When the currently unidentified reveller ventured into Charing Cross for a pint in the Spring sunshine he probably did not expect to find himself at the centre of an unlikely rescue mission. 

However, that is exactly what did happen to the man who has since gone viral for his unfortunate misadventure, which resulted in help from London Fire Brigade.

In pictures posted to social media, the man can be seen with one leg ankle-deep in a drain outside Wetherspoons pub, The Montagu Pyke, in Charing Cross. 

In the pictures, firefighters are seen assisting the man as members of the public watch on from behind yellow tape around the scene. 

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Once he is finally freed from his predicament, he can be seen hobbling away from the scene.

Meanwhile fellow punters can also be seen laughing as the awkward situation ends. 

Ironically, this is not the first time this week firefighters have been called to rescue a punter at a Wetherspoons. 

On Monday, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue had to be called to rescue a man who had become trapped in a toilet cubicle in The Punch Bowl in York. 

After the man called staff for help they were also unable to rescue him and therefore had to resort to ringing the fire brigade.

When the firefighters arrived the customer was freed in four minutes. 

A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue told BBC News that such callouts happened ‘quite infrequently.’ 

MailOnline has approached the London Fire Brigade for a comment.