Hotel guests evacuated due to faulty light fitting

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Guests and staff were evacuated from a hotel on Altrincham Road just before 11pm on Friday, 30th August.

Firefighters were called to reports that a fire alarm had activated at the hotel. Crews attended the scene and conducted a thorough search of the hotel and discovered that the alarm had been activated by a faulty fluorescent light which had overheated causing a small of smoke.

The crews isolated the fitting and all guest and staff were allowed to return to the hotel. Firefighters were in attendance for around 25 minutes.

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