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Chessington World of Adventures theme park riders stuck | |
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About 40 people were left stranded on a ride at Chessington World of Adventures in Surrey for more than three hours. | |
London Fire Brigade was called to the park shortly after 17:00 BST. | |
Those on the Rameses Revenge ride were stranded 20ft (6m) in the air, a fire brigade spokesman said. | |
Firefighters had to cut people out of their restraints, walk them down the ride and use a ladder to get them to ground level, the spokesman added. | |
Station manager Justin Coo said: "No injuries have been reported though a few people are understandably a bit uncomfortable as they had been stuck for some time. | |
"We had to cut people out of their restraints, walk them down the ride and help them down a ladder to ground level." | |
'Personal discomfort' | |
One mother whose 13-year-old daughter was on board said the ride stopped at around 16:00 BST when the electrics failed. | |
Speaking to Sky News at the time of the incident she said: "They have been sending up water and sun cream to them because it was rather hot initially. | |
"It is very concerning because they were stuck and all the electrics failed. | |
"They were on the ride for 90 minutes before the fire and rescue service came out to them." | |
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