Supermarket fire scare was false alarm

Shoppers at Sainsburys on Cuerden Way began to evacuate the shop after the fire alarm sounded at around 2.20pm.

It was later revealed to be a false alarm, as staff were testing the fire alarms in the neighbouring petrol station, which caused the alarm in the supermarket to set off.

A Sainsburys spokesman said: “People began to evacuate but were told it was a false alarm. We then did a tannoy announcement to apologise.”