200 escape fire at Cheltenham nightclub
A fire broke out at a Cheltenham nightclub in the early hours of the 5th of April.
200 revellers were safely evacuated from Lace Night Club in Cheltenham.
The fire which was thought to have started in an air conditioning unit in the roof of the building was attended by 20 firefighters who managed to extinguish the blaze.
Mark Astle from the fire service said: “When our crews arrived, they were met by a full scale evacuation and smoke pouring from the roof. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the building and quickly completed a search for anyone left. Other crews made their way to the top of the building and extinguished the fire, which had spread into cabling. Thankfully, the quick actions of the nightclub staff in clearing the building of so many people prevented this becoming potentially a much more serious incident.”
The cause of the blaze is not yet known but an investigation is being carried out.
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