About 150 people evacuated from The Pods in Scunthorpe last night
ROUGHLY 150 people were evacuated from The Pods after the fire alarm was set off.
At 8.25pm tonight (Wednesday, January 23), fire crews from Scunthorpe were called to the leisure centre on Ashby Road.
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The popular Pods leisure centre in Scunthorpe - operated by North Lincolnshire Council
Everyone inside was evacuated while firefighters established the cause for the alarm to have been activated.
It was discovered that a football had hit a beam detector in the sports hall, causing the alarm to sound.
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After roughly 10 minutes outside people were allowed back in, once firefighters had reset the alarm.
The centre is operated by North Lincolnshire Council.
This was not the first mass evacuation of the premises due to the alarm sounding - a memorable one happened on a bank holiday last year.
3 Comments
by Porkmiester
Thursday, January 24 2013, 9:01AM
“Why were they roughly evacuated, no need for this heavy-handedness- I blame the council.”
by DFlated
Thursday, January 24 2013, 7:34AM
“Fire, it's the new snow.”
by scunnyexile
Thursday, January 24 2013, 12:02AM
“Gosh!”