A COUPLE had to be rescued by firefighters after they were trapped in a broken lift.

The man and woman were customers at the two-storey Sofaworks showroom in Middlebrook Retail Park when the lift broke down this afternoon.

The couple, aged in their thirties, had been trapped for about 20 minutes when firefighters from Horwich got to the scene at about 1pm.

Firefighters released the pair by isolating the lift car before lowering it back down the shaft.

They were uninjured and did not need medical treatment.