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Fault in light fitting leads to hotel evacuation

BBC A large number of fire engines in a Northampton Street. A row of buildings are to the left and road signs on the left. The engines are parked in the road. BBC
A large number of fire engines were sent to the scene

Hotel guests have been evacuated from their rooms after a fault in a light fitting set off an alarm.

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to a hotel on Gold Street, Northampton, at about 10:00 GMT.

A spokesperson said when crews got there they "were deployed to the first floor of the hotel, where an alarm was sounding". Residents were then escorted out while it "checked rooms for the cause".

Firefighters made the area safe, re-set the alarm and returned to their stations at about 11:00, they added.

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