DOZENS of firefighters were called to search for a lost caver in Symonds Yat yesterday.

The emergency services were alerted just after 12.30pm when two men went into a cave on a rockface and one of them got stuck.

Two fire crews and the rope rescue unit from Coleford attended who were backed up by the rope rescue unit from Lydney.

Fire crews from Whitchurch and Ross-on-Wye also provided support.

A search and rescue team was sent into the cave to try and make contact with the missing caver.

He emerged from an adjacent cave some time later having found an alternative way out.

The man was uninjured but was reportedly quite exhausted as a result of the ordeal.