Eight people get stuck in Church lift for two hours

Fire and Emergency Services staff rescued eight people, including two children, who were stuck in a lift at the St Mark’s Cathedral Church on MG Road for two hours on Saturday night.

A technical snag caused the lift to jam between ground and first floors some time after 9 pm. Those stuck inside called up their friends at the cathedral for help.

Mechanic fails
A mechanic was called and he tried various means to bring the lift to the ground floor but in vain. They called the fire control room around 9.30 pm.

Emergency services personnel arrived at the spot but were dismayed to find there was no duct.

They had to break a portion of the wall on the first floor to pull out those trapped in the lift, said a fire officer. All this took nearly half an hour. There were no casualties.

The lift users had come to attend a wedding at the cathedral. They were going down when the lift jammed.