(CNN) A man in his 50s died after becoming trapped at the top of a 290-foot industrial chimney in England, police said on Monday.

The unnamed man reportedly was on top of Dixon's Chimney in Carlisle at 2:20 a.m. local time. According to Cumbria Police, he was pronounced dead at 4:45 p.m. after being recovered from the structure.

The police said the rescue operation involved a number of agencies, including Cumbria and Lancashire fire and rescue employees, mountain rescuers and specialist contractors.

Members of Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service use a hydraulic platform at Dixon's Chimney in Carlisle, England, where a man was hanging upside down from the top of the 270-foot chimney.

Footage on social media appeared to show the man bare-chested and dangling by his legs.

It is not clear how or why the man became stuck on top of the chimney, which is part of a former 19th-century cotton mill.

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