Firefighters were called to two separate lift rescues in a matter of minutes yesterday evening.

Crews from Rickmansworth Fire Station were first called to Lucida Court, in Whippendell Road, Watford, at 8.53pm, where they released two residents from the lift.

Immediately afterwards, they were called to Colne Lodge, in Springwell Avenue, Rickmansworth, where somebody else was stuck in a lift.

By the time they arrived, however, they had already been freed. Nobody was hurt.