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Firefighters rush to rescue person stuck in lift in Boots

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Liz Coates

Published: 3:18 PM January 9, 2019
Updated: 11:43 AM October 10, 2020
Boots in Great Yarmouth. Picture: James Bass

Boots in Great Yarmouth. Picture: James Bass - Credit: Eastern Daily Press © 2014

Firefighters were called to free someone trapped in a lift in a Great Yarmouth shop.

One fire crew from Great Yarmouth attended Market Gates at 11.10am to rescue the person stuck in the customer lift in Boots.

A spokesman for Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service said the drama was all over by 12.06pm, just over an hour after the alert was raised.

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