A monitor lizard was captured after getting stuck in the gap between two buildings.<br /><br />The 28lbs reptile lashed out after being disturbed then fled onto a garage roof - only to slip over the edge.<br /><br />Animal handlers from the Pieng Yieng Tai rescue team arrived to snare the beast in Chonburi, Eastern Thailand, on Sunday (November 10) afternoon.<br /><br />They managed to drag it out and tape its mouth shut, only for one worker to collapse through the roof. <br /><br />He was injured and the monitor lizard escaped but was eventually caught hiding behind a washing machine.<br /><br />A rescue worker involved in catching the lizard said it was around 4ft long. He added: ''The lizard was first found hiding in a pile of wood and became very aggressive when it was disturbed. It ran away and was then stuck in the gap.<br /><br />"When we caught it, one of our team fell through the roof with the wild lizard and he was wounded by a piece of ceramic roof and the lizard's head was also bleeding.''<br /><br />After being caught, the monitor lizard was returned to the forest.
