False alarm: Fire engines called to campus but there wasn’t a fire

A 999 call was made at 11.40am today


Fire engines were deployed to the Maintenance Building just before midday today, but it was a false alarm.

Two fire engines were sent after a 999 call was made saying there were alarms going off and they could smell burning.

But when the firemen arrived on campus it turned out to be a false alarm.

A Computer Science lecture was evacuated as the firemen investigated the building but it is unknown why the alarms were going off.

A spokesman for the fire service said: “There was a call at 11.40am today to the Maintenance Building on the main campus reporting a smell of burning and alarms going off.

“The emergency call was made by someone with fire safety responsibilities.

“It was a false alarm but with good intentions.”