Pair stuck in lift for two hours slammed for wasting firefighters' time

'This is what happens when you jump about in a lift'

Two people were stuck in a lift for two hours when it broke down because they were "jumping about".

Emergency services had to be called out to free them from the infamous lift in Coppice Side, in Swadlincote.

Fire crews from the town were called at 5pm yesterday, Thursday, January 30.

They had to use the ladder to get the trapped people out through a hatch in the roof.

A Facebook post from the Swadlincote Safer Neighbourhood Team said: "This is what happens when you jump about in a lift, it stops and you're stuck in it for over two hours.

"Eventually rescued by fire service via a ladder through the hatch in the roof of the lift.

"Also a waste of two emergency services that have to attend this incident."