Firefighters freed a man who was trapped in a partially collapsed barn in Essex.

Emergency services were called to a site in Braintree Road, Panfield around 11am on Tuesday.

Three people were in a barn when part of the internal structure gave way during construction work to remove one of the walls.

One man was struck by a piece of equipment being used to prop up the structure.

Fire crews worked alongside the ambulance service to release the man, believed to be aged in his 60s, safely.

A spokesman for the East of England Ambulance Service said the man suffered minor facial injuries.

He was taken to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford for treatment.

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service sent one engine from Braintree.

The East of England Ambulance Service dispatched a Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), an ambulance crew, an ambulance officer and a rapid response vehicle