Five of family rescued from stalled lift in Thane

Five members of a family, including two children, were rescued after a lift got stuck in a high-rise in Manpada in Thane district on Sunday, a civic official said.

None of them suffered injuries in the incident, which took place at 6:45pm, Thane Municipal Corporation regional disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said.

''The lift of the ground-plus-15 floor building got stalled on the first floor. The five persons, including two boys in the 5-7 age group, were rescued after 45 minutes,'' he said.