India, June 13 -- Four friends on a late-night mission to safely drop a female friend home found themselves trapped in a lift for more than an hour after a power outage struck a residential tower in Kharghar in the early hours of Friday, which led to a rescue operation by the fire brigade.

The incident occurred at a residential building in Sector 34B on the Kharghar-Taloja Jail Road.

According to officials from the Cidco Fire Station in Kharghar, a distress call reporting people trapped inside a lift was received at 4.25am. A fire engine and rescue team were immediately dispatched to the building.

"Our team reached the spot at 4.35am and found that the building was facing a power outage. The lift was stuck on the fourth floor with four...