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CFA helps seniors with gentle let down

26/01/2015

CFA members rushed to Eumemmerring last night after a group of seniors became stuck in a hotel lift.
It’s understood 10 elderly people had to be rescued from the Artura Hotel lift in Doveton Avenue around 9pm last night.
The group was stuck in the lift for roughly 10 minutes but no injuries were sustained.

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