NAVI MUMBAI, 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. "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 occupants inside," said Fire Officer Prashant Darekar. Using specialised rescue equipment, including a cutter and spreader, firefighters forced open the lift doors and safely evacuated all four occupants, aged between 20 and 21 years. One of the rescued youths said the group had arrived at the building around 2.30am to drop off a friend. Since the society gates are locked after 11.30 pm, they decided to accompany her to her flat on the ninth floor. "We kept banging on the doors but nobody came. Finally, we called the police helpline on 112," said a youth. htc...