Emergency crews were called to Hess Village overnight after a man fell off the rooftop of the Gown and Gavel.

Firefighters were called to the Hess Village bar around 1:30 a.m. this morning, said fire department spokesperson Steve McArthur.

"Someone had been on the Gown and Gavel roof, and fallen onto the adjacent nightclub roof," McArthur said.

Additional crews were called in to reach the man, and then lower him to the ground in a basket before he was taken to hospital.

McArthur couldn't say why the man was on the roof to begin with, or if he was an employee or patron of the bar.

Calls requesting information from the Gown and Gavel weren't immediately returned.

"You just never know in Hess Village," McArthur said.