Fire alerts turn out to be false alarms in Telford and Shrewsbury incidents
Steam from a detector head set off an automatic fire alarm at a hospital in the early hours of this morning (Sunday).
By David Tooley
Published
Two engines were dispatched from the county town's fire station to Royal Shrewsbury Hospital at 5.38am.
When they got to Mytton Oak Road they found it was a false alarm.
A spokesman for Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service said: "This incident was a false alarm caused by steam from a detector head. No action required by Fire Service."
The fire crews stood down at 5.56am.
On Saturday evening two fire engines from Telford Central were scrambled to TGI Fridays in Southwater Square to an automatic fire alarm at 9.17pm. That, too was a false alarm and the crews were stood down 15 minutes later.
