EMERGENCY RESPONDERS FROM CONWAY AND NORTH CONWAY WERE CALLED OUT LATE YESTERDAY MORNING WITHIN MINUTES OF EACH OTHER FOR PROBLEMS REPORTED WITH ELEVATORS.

THE FIRST CALL CAME IN SHORTLY BEFORE 11-15 FOR CONWAY FIRE AND RESCUE TO RESPOND TO KENNETT MIDDLE SCHOOL AFTER A REPORT THAT THREE STUDENTS WERE TRAPPED IN AN ELEVATOR THERE. CONWAY FIRE CHIEF STEVE SOLOMON SAYS THE STUDENTS WERE STUCK BETWEEN FLOORS BECAUSE OF A MECHANICAL PROBLEM AND WERE FREED FROM THE ELEVATOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER RESPONDERS WERE CALLED.

SHORTLY AFTER 11-15 NORTH CONWAY RESCUE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENIC VISTA IN INTERVALE BECAUSE OF AN OPEN PHONE LINE REPORTED TO BE COMING FROM AN ELEVATOR THERE. NORTH CONWAY FIRE CHIEF PAT PREECE SAYS NO ONE WAS IN THE ELEVATOR WHEN HIS RESPONDERS ARRIVED AND A CHILD HAD PROBABLY PUSHED THE EMERGENCY BUTTON.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN EITHER INCIDENT.