British Museum evacuated and fire fighters called after light fitting overheated
Published:
3:55 PM May 11, 2016
Updated:
1:47 PM October 14, 2020
The British Museum was evacuated after a light fitting overheated. - Credit: PA WIRE
Around 4000 people were evacuated and London Fire Brigade called to the British Museum after a light fitting overheated.
The fire brigade were called to investigate after visitors spotted smoke in the building.
But the cause was not a fire and was instead an overheated light fitting.
London Fire Brigade said 4000 were evacuated from the museum on Great Russell Street.
A spokesman for the fire service said: “We were called to the museum because of reports of smoke. An investigation uncovered the cause to be a overheated light fitting. The brigade has now left the scene.”
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