12:00pm Saturday 3rd October 2009
By Ben Parsons
Nine semi-naked students were freed from a lift at a hall of residence.
Firefighters were called to Phoenix Halls in Southover Street at 11.30pm on Thursday night.
Nine men and women were stuck in a lift meant for six people.
They had been trapped for up to half and hour and were only wearing their underwear when released.
The students told firefighters they stripped off most of their clothes because they believed it would ease feelings of claustrophobia.
Watch commander Grant Eager of Brighton fire station said: “They were getting warm and uncomfortable.”
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